I tried to go a bit quicker with this one and was able to compose it in about a week (which for me is pretty good for a piece that's almost 6 min long). Pretty happy with the result.
Actually, that wasn't my thought process for most of it. The only thing really that I can think of was that I wanted that ending to have a more intimate feeling, which I think OACE did nicely. Writing to some picture or story though is something I want to implement more. Just still in the learning process of music composition.