and i sleep...

its that time of the day again.. when the night has begun to spread its dark cloak over everything.. birds create a din overhead.. trees in the distance slowly turn grey- black from green...
twilight.. the saddest time of the day... the dying sun leaves the sky a bloody orange... the far horizon already swathed in shades of purple and grey..

the glow of the computer screen creates a shimmery light in the gathering darkness.. it loomes around me.. waiting for the little square of light to give up and let the dark claim me..

the sheets of paper between me and the screen begin to blur in the gathering gloom... i peer at them ineffectually... the pencil strokes on them seem to be dissolving into the night... as if mocking my efforts..

i sigh as my eyelids begin to descend on their own.. i try to blink but my lashes don't want to let go.. the light from the screen creates a red glow inside my eyes... urging me to open them... its waiting for me...
they're all waiting for me... the fading pencil strokes, the waiting cursor, the white screen punctuated with black typescript..

i feel myself fading as their pull fails to draw me back into the light.. i sigh again.. my lashes cling tighter to each other... my arms come up to cradle my head..

and i sleep.......