RESTLESS. Impatient. My damn legs are shaking again. I am EXCITED TO BE YOUNG but some days terrified I am nothing without her. Terrified I will fall just south of all that I believe awaits me. The stadiums. The love. So much I have promised myself—twisted attempts at comforting my young heart and eager mind.
I swear, some days I could scream; I feel so invisible.
Some days I wake up so damn light I think I might drift away, like one of those balloons freed by a child’s hand.
Some days I awake and hate everything I’ve ever made.
Some days I wake and see the good in every stranger and friend I’ve ever met (the scoundrels too).
Some days I wake up and realize I never was asleep—I was simply being held inside an old memory, its kind hands running through my hair, its nectar voice whispering in my ear all the many comforts and falsehoods that keep me coming back.
Some days I wake and feel like a machine. I hear the voices that turn my gears, see the habits that have carved grooves deep into my pale blue hide of steel.
So many questions, and on top of it all, I’m always so damn tired.Even now, my eyelids might weigh a ton. Did I get bit by a tick again? Am I growing more? (Can’t be).
Well, anyway, the mood has passed. See you again in a few hours, I’m sure.