Slice of Life #20 Challenge Day 6/31:
House Spooks
I had had a telephone conversation with a good friend. I had written a few lines of gratitude in my notebook. I had read my daily entry in Mark Nepo's The Book of Awakening. After my long day, including three hours of parent teacher conferences following a full day of school, I was ready to retire. Turning off my nightside lamp, I situated my covers and practiced a few deep cleansing breaths. It was quiet. I closed my eyes, confident that tonight I would get a good night's sleep. Even as an adult, nightly routines are so important to me.
Not even one minute must have passed when I heard some odd sounds:
Rustle.
Howl.
Scratch.
Scratch.
Scratch.
Startled, my eyes flung open.
What is happening?
Is someone or something trying to get into my house?
What large bedroom object could I use for self-defense?
My anxious mind spooled.
Creeping over to my eastern window, I cautiously peered out from one slat of the plastic window blind.
Branches whipped windows/
Tall evergreen bent, hunched now./
Corner street sign swayed.
It's just a windy night, I reassured myself. I can go to sleep.
Breathing a sigh of relief, I returned to my bed, pulling my log cabin scrap quilt tight around my body.
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This totally happened to me last night! I thought someone...something was on my deck that sits just outside my bedroom wall! So many irrational things creep in even though I'm sure it was just the wind...
ReplyDeleteI find that one of the benefits of having so many cats is that I just assume any weird noise I hear at night is cats! How do I love it. that you responded with a HAIKU! That is so very Trina!
ReplyDeleteWindy weather can be scary. All the creaks and cracklings give me the creeps, especially silly when I’m alone.
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