

Used Napkins I tap my pencil against the blank paper. I look out the open window. I take a deep breath.Used Napkins by ~IAmABlue-Monkey
I note that the birds have stopped singing. I see that the sky is white. I smell the start of rain.
I feel a draft slip in under the door. I pull the blanket tightly around my body. I look down at the paper. I put down my pencil.
I feel a loneliness creep around me. I feel a loneliness grasp my throat. I feel a loneliness rip me to pieces. I ignore, I try to forget.
I think I know. I see myself. I feel forever and now.
I hear a bird's wings flutter as it takes flight. I see a flash of black zip across the sky. I hear a mouse scurry in the walls of