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Monthly Stream of Consciousness Challenge for March.
You've walked in from work. You're burned out, and at the end of your wits. The job is taking its toll on your sleep, your relationship, your quality of life. By your window that fronts the city sits your typewriter and a blank page. You must write, because if you don't, the job will have all of you. Give it to us. Winner is decided by likes, and will receive a crisp $10.00
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MichelleKA in Stream of Consciousness

Anything.

I'm exhausted. My eyes are burning. My eyelids are heavy and keep dropping. I need to sleep, but the thought of waking up again to do this all over again is even more exhausting.

So here I am. Sitting in front of this machine. Typing whatever pops in my mind. Avoiding the reality. Because if I take the time to reflect and realize what my life has become, I'm going to never want to sleep again.

It can't keep going like this. I can't keep waking up and immediately want to go back to sleep. I can't keep thinking the hours of the day are just meant to be kept busy until I can go back to bed.

Something has to change. Even if I don't know what that change is. Or where to begin.

Do I need to go to sleep first so that I have a clear head? Or do I sit here and rack my overworked brain for ideas until I have no energy and just plop my head down and pass out.

Ugh, my eyes are so sore. And my eyelids can't stay up anymore. But I don't want to sleep. I want to do something. Change something. Act something. Do anything!

As long as I keep writing, I can still change. So I need to keep writing. Just write. Anything, as long as I'm still writing, I'm doing something. And hopefully, that will lead to something more.