LXI | Someone’s Gone
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My eyes open
even though
the sky's not bright yet.
I usually sleep until
sunlight
enters the room.
Right now,
the sky's still purple
and a heavy blanket of silence
lies over
the asylum.
Something
woke me up.
Tammie's hand
squeezes mine
and I look over
at her.
Someone's screaming.
After
she says it,
I
hear it.
Loud, shrill and piercing.
I jump
when I hear it,
even though Tammie
gave me warning.
I let go of her hand
and tiptoe
to the door,
opening it
just
one
inch.
The empty landing is brightly lit.
There's
no sign
of any commotion.
Did we imagine it?
I ask Tammie,
crawling back into bed.
She takes my hand again
and snuggles
deeper
into my sweat-soaked bed.
I stare
at the dim LED light
on my ceiling
until Moonlight Sonata
seeps through
the walls.
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