Twilight

The sun dithered, neither here nor gone; pretending to be uncertain about the one thing certain in our lives.
The light dimmed. My eyes, heavy with sleep and dullness, gave up. My head fell to one aside, me strangely aware of this.

The phone beeped, my head jerked, the heart followed- racing while my body extricated itself from the drowsy depths.

My mind smiled through the veils of nothingness around it. The sun had gone. The night was here. My night, empty and inviting and unknown.