At 3am, she tries to make out sounds out of the silence.
At 3am, she stares at the ceiling wishing her mind could be blank as it.
At 3am, the alarm clock counts her time of loss sanity and down the time she has 'til her lips have to curve up into a smile.
At 3am, she dwells on the fact that it is 3 in the morning.
At 3am, he looks up at the stars and makes up stories of how they got there.
At 3am, he's upset he gave up on sleeping well.
At 3am, he wants people to also be awake, so he's not the only tired one in the morning.
At 3am, he questions what else is there for him to do until he gets mad again.
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Short StoryThis book is filled with ideas that didn't want to be anything more than snippets of something that could have been. Original photo: http://alabamachanin.com/journal/2012/06/lie-still/