Blue Warmth

Instantly there's a calmness that runs through me that I can feel throughout my body,

Like taking a shot of Jameson's.

It's shoving my body off my feet.

Can't get up. Don’t want to.

This blue warmth has encased my body.

I pull more of that warmth over my head and disappear.

The heat radiates off my body and bounces off the blackness.

Underneath, the mattress forms to my shape.

I peek out.

Looking towards that red sand stained rock that lies beside my bed.

I close my eyes and

I hide again when I remember.

Remember getting on the plane that flew me back to reality.

And the plane that flew him to a War that shouldn’t be fought.

The thought makes me want to turn off my brain.

Just for a few hours.

Instead I stretch, covering every inch of the mattress until

Blackness falls over me and I fly back to where I found the red sand stained slab of Earth.