It’s what I do at 2:30 in the morning when I can’t sleep. 5 Minute Freewrite
The kittens, snug against my legs, stealing my warmth.
They think. I’m truly the one stealing the heat from their bodies.
I try to distract, I try to perform non think. But the think happens. The thoughts creep in and take over.
Like burglars in the night, they take me away from my warm bed to
somewhere cold. Somewhere dark. Lonely.
I can’t see, it’s so dark. I can’t feel. It’s so nothing.
My bare feet, crunching against the lost.
The forgotten.
Was it ever?
I never truly had it. It wasn’t mine to begin with.
all I gave. Until the giving was gone.
I turn on the tv, hoping for a distraction.
Take me out of the cold. Give me a light. A breath.
Just a little.
The kittens stir their little kitten sleeps, whiskers twitching in a kitten game. Oblivious to the cold and gloom that surrounds us. Or, is it only me?
Lost and lone on a highway of no-thing. Ever leading to more empty. It is only me.
The happy tv people have no idea what it’s like to be cold. To be forgotten.
I wish I could sleep like the kittens. I wish I could happy like the tv people. A happy ending every thirty minutes.
It’s what I do at 2:30 in the morning when I can’t sleep.
A special thank you to the bright and lovely @mariannewest for hosting the daily 5 minute #Freewrite challenge and to all the brave and strong freewriters ♡
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Hey Babe, this little fella is the cutest.
Or is it this one?
It's a tie for me. 😉
Kitten pics...
Awes! Cuddly ones, too! <3
^_^ upvoted
@arbitrarykitten now you got me all excited Late at Night !
aw /hugs
That was cute ;)
Hugs right back, thank you <3
Nice writing! I know the feeling when you're awake in the middle of the night and all you do is think about random things! I hope you had the chance to sleep some more! :)
Lol yes, I did :)
Thank you!
good idea,thanks
Glad I could help ;)
Fine piece of writing, particularly since you did that in 5 minutes.
(Something similar would take me a day or more to write, change, edit, rewrite, edit, scrap, etc, ad infinitum.)
I really like this line ... "I wish I could be happy like the tv people. A happy ending every thirty minutes."
It says so much more than the simple words say.
p.s. It should read "be happy." :-)
I actually meant I wish I could 'happy' like them. Like happy is a thing they do, not being happy :)
Excellent. Extra marks (well, extra vote%) for being creative, and a few more extra for being surprisingly creative.
Who doesn't want it? But I think It would be a little boring in the long term.
Welcome in my followed people! I'm trying to follow and support all the freewriters. :)
I knew this prompt would elicit some "deeper" responses. And given your history well...sending you my good vibes all the way from NY.