Monday, 26 April 2021

EVERY MORNING I TAKE, by Gabriel Colombo

 

EVERY MORNING I TAKE



So I woke up scared.

Mornings are complicated.

They will always be a fresh start.

The alarm clock rings.

Our life calls us.

Convictions too.

We have today's routes. We still have the past.

Will we do everything the same or differently?

Will it be more of the same?

Surely questions, cravings want to arise.

It depends on our choices.

To have answers.

Will we want everything big or small?

Sweet or savory?

Fried or grilled?

Hot or warm?

Dead or alive?

Will I make myself understood or will I confuse others?

What about sex? In the morning, in the afternoon or at night?

Will I show my gums or give a tigh-lipped smile?

Will we respect the rules or will we cheat in the game?

Today I started another morning.

I hummed karaoke songs all by myself.

I had my unsweetened decaffeinated coffee.

A bath on the whim.

I cleaned up the mess in my office.

I read the papers, nothing new.

I organized my commitments in my head.

I slammed the door and the street was windy.

Only we know the pain and the happiness that we carry under this blue sky mixed with gray, within the rebirth of every day.

It was raining a little, but I was crying; I felt a tightness in my chest.

When the driver asked me where I was going, I just didn't know where: I had forgotten my diary and wallet at home.

It was me looking like a boomting carrying no papier-mache.

I returned home by foot. I opened the door and lay down on the bed again.

Tomorrow will be a new start. I swear it will be.

How I do love mornings.



Gabriel Colombo



-  Unreleasead Chapter taken from Gabriel Colombo's next book, still untitled

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