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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