31.9522° S, 115.8589° E
Black, Green, Silver, Blue.
Sat upright to the side
of my bed, panting and sweaty. I pulled off a single blanket that stuck to my shoulder
and stood up. Hottest day of the year, middle of the night and I was awake. I
raised my right arm and wiped my brow. I put on a black shirt, green shorts
then rolled my head to its side to check for the time.
12.13 am
“Fuck” I whimpered, stretching my back and neck.
My door was open and a
plastic fan whipped around loudly outside my room. One of its legs was bent and
the grate that separated its blades from open air was gone. I moved sorely
across carpet. Walking through darkness and fumbling against the wall for a
light switch. A lightbulb pulsed awkwardly on and off for several seconds before
maintaining a low moan and steady glow. I moved to the kitchen, passing. I
opened the refrigerator and took a pear and moved to the other side of the room
to get ice from the freezer, I locked it on my way out.
I put a piece in my
mouth and rubbed another along my neck and forehead while I left through a side
door. Reaching into an adjacent cupboard for a towel as I went. I stood outside
for a second then started to jog west. Traveling along warm tarmac and passing
grey houses. Lights turned off in soundless residence.
2 hours 43 minutes from
my house to the ocean.
I stood barefoot on dirt
and folded my towel over a wooden gate then moved downwards to the coast and
sat on the sand. Eating my pear and sifting through beach with my left hand.
I threw the leftover
fruit into a bush and walked to the water. I moved fully into the foam and
rested back. Lying on the surface and letting my hair unravel away from my
head.
03.30 am
I stared upwards at silver
thousands.
Filled my lungs with air,
And disappeared into cool
blue.
