Some mo(u)rnings
Fresh green leaves in the morning. Drops of dew on them. I tip my tongue in and get a mouthful. Sunrays in my hair as I run down a grass hill and dive into the sunset. Bubbly drinks. My girlfriends laughing. Birds. Mosquitoes. Sandals and heels on polished toenails. A cigarette. A stranger smiling. It's just the beginning. Summer is on it's way. Some mornings of my life have been like one of those drawing papers. The natural creamy white kind of fragile paper that has a specific dry sound to it when you tear it. That's the sound of those mornings when I can barely open my eyes and I am so dehydrated I feel like someone vacuumed my mouth after I ate a bag of potato powder. My brain is pumping blood or knocking to get out an my limbs feel heavy and loose. I have no idea where I am so I am reaching to my phone just to notice the screen is broken and the battery has died. I look around and don't recognize the apartment so I look for the nearest door and head out of t...