My Mornings

Finally a quiet moment.  Only in the mornings, before the day begins.  Before the coffee hits my veins and I feel the rush of energy, it's quiet.  Child sleeping in another room, my love curled up in our bed, not even realizing I am gone, that I have silently left, to sit here with you.

 

I am tired today.  My energy will kick in I know and I will start the mad rush to get ready for work, drive for an hour and then run the hours away, giving away a bit of me until I have no more to give.  Then I will fill my body with nicotine to make the journey home again.

 

But right now it's quiet and I am reflecting on the days passed. Thinking of people I haven't seen in 20 years or more.  Wondering if they are still with us on this earth and what their live's have turned out to be like.  Would we still laugh at the same things? Laugh with the abandon we felt at our young ages? I shouldn't go on....What was my point? Oh yes the quiet.....

 

I smell the coffee brewing and a cat is by me asking for breakfast.  The cars out on the highway have started their morning journeys and I can hear the traffic sounds coming in through the windows.  I know it's just about time to start the morning but secretly, I wish to stay here with you, and enjoy the quiet and your stories......in our world far away from theirs.

 

 

Reviews

[Benjamin Martinson]

Nice piece. I am not much of a morning person, but I know the feeling expressed in this piece.

[LSS]

Great writing and expression, Driven. You get a sense of the mood and hold it long enough to wrap up your readers in it. What I've read of your stories, they are your best. You get your points across, probably without even planning to have an outline, nor points. And you are relaxed enough writing to have your readers relax with you and enjoy your thoughts. Very nice.
Lar

[Ray Hamilton]

Those quiet mornings are great
With the rising of the sun, we all start brand new day
For some a bran new life, each morning could be a new beginning
I enjoyed this write
Thanks for sharing
Ray

[ganymeder]

What a lovely story. :)

[goldfishgirl]

Wonderfully written, you are great at describing the quietness that comes with the mornings.

[Omar]

I like it.
It seems so quiet. So sleepy, so serene. I can hear a whispering voice as I read this.
Wonderfully written,
O

[HoorayForUnderdog]

I can relate to your story...in fact I am living it right now...son asleep in the other room...drinking coffee and putting off going to work until the very last second...enjoying the peace and quiet before the intrusion of all of the daily tasks ahead.

[PianoandPage]

yes. the quiet meditative space that we have to ourselves and the words that weave magic just as traffic weaves its way on the blacktop.

nice sort of soliloquey here. makes me yearn for this kind of energy.

[Samuel Dickens]

That quiet time in the mornings is just the best. I'm retired and no longer hold down a job, but I still get up with the chickens. Groggy-headed though I am at that hour, it is when I'm at my best. Thanks for sharing your quiet moments, Driven.

[bailish]

Nice. Like you, I'm a morning person. I arrive at work a few hours in advance to get my work done, then when everyone else arrives, I can sit around and socialize, and the boss thinks I'm a lazy SOB but he doesn't say anything 'cause my work's done.