Anticipating Tomorrow

The almost-full moon must be somewhere in the west right now, getting low behind the clouds. The crickets are singing. A bird is cooing softly in the trees, anticipating tomorrow. There's a dim-grey glow to the yard outside. The white Allium blossoms are standing motionless by the chain-link fence in the nighttime air. A cool breeze is coming in thru the patio door.

I shouldn't be awake right now, but something in my head woke me up, and my eyes are wide-opened, and my thoughts are racing, and there's a knot in my stomach that isn't particularly welcome. I know what this is. It isn't like me to be awake like this at this time of the night. Tomorrow will just be another day, and there's no reason to lose sleep over it. Still, here I am with a knot and racing thoughts.

I'm grateful for this, in a way -- for things to wake up and think about. Tomorrow I'll get up and take a shower and know I've got a job to do, which is something. And I'll have hot water to shower in and eggs to eat for breakfast, which is something more. And I'll have smiling faces to say goodbye to and a dog looking forward to another day, which is yet more.

So let's just put this to bed, shall we?

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