Sleepless

My world is quiet around me. I can hear the faint sounds of traffic drifting in and out of consciousness but for the purposes of tonight my world has fallen asleep.

It's a new year, a new chapter. But like a birthday wish, I don't want to list my resolutions for fear they would not come true. This time last year, I was cocky and angry. And was punished severely for it.

I draw comfort from the stillness and allow my mind to wander freely to years that were cherished but kept under lock and key. Within the dusty corridors of my thoughts lies the doors to a youth filled with the audacity of hope and fearlessness. Age makes worriers out of us all but perhaps that is because we have more to lose.

If only a look can bear meaning, my heart's content can be conveyed so easily. But I am not that way gifted so time and clumsy words will have to be my tools.

It is night but there is a promise of sunshine tomorrow.