The thing that can not be mentioned lives just outside my eye line. I can almost see it, if I turn my head quickly.
However, like all things that can not be mentioned, it flees if looked at directly.
There are times in which I realize that I have almost forgotten about the thing that can not be mentioned.
It emerges from shadows before I drift off to sleep, sidling up to my bedside and whispering to me. I lift from my descent into sleep just long enough to recognize this old friend, this love long departed, before I close my eyes and try to return to sleep.
It never quite works, of course. The thing that can not be mentioned has settled in next to me. I struggle to find a comfortable spot in my bed, while the thing that can not be mentioned shifts and moves with my contortions. I sleep, sweaty and restless. I wake with my head where my feet should be and my sheets twisted around my body.
I go to work. I laugh. I take pleasure in my work. I come home and indulge the rabbits, giggle with my daughter.
Later, the thing that can not be mentioned will return. Emerging from the gloaming; slinking, skulking, stealing up in to my bed to curl around me once again.
I sigh.
My lips part and I exhale.
"I miss you."
I close my eyes to the thing that can not be mentioned, rolling over to gather my pillows in my arms. I pretend it is not there and seek my peace where I can find it.
However, like all things that can not be mentioned, it flees if looked at directly.
There are times in which I realize that I have almost forgotten about the thing that can not be mentioned.
It emerges from shadows before I drift off to sleep, sidling up to my bedside and whispering to me. I lift from my descent into sleep just long enough to recognize this old friend, this love long departed, before I close my eyes and try to return to sleep.
It never quite works, of course. The thing that can not be mentioned has settled in next to me. I struggle to find a comfortable spot in my bed, while the thing that can not be mentioned shifts and moves with my contortions. I sleep, sweaty and restless. I wake with my head where my feet should be and my sheets twisted around my body.
I go to work. I laugh. I take pleasure in my work. I come home and indulge the rabbits, giggle with my daughter.
Later, the thing that can not be mentioned will return. Emerging from the gloaming; slinking, skulking, stealing up in to my bed to curl around me once again.
I sigh.
My lips part and I exhale.
"I miss you."
I close my eyes to the thing that can not be mentioned, rolling over to gather my pillows in my arms. I pretend it is not there and seek my peace where I can find it.
1 Baleful Regards:
This makes me very sad, probably because I once felt this way myself. And so I know how very alone it can be.
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