Day 1

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As the clock ticks midnight, she sighs

A sigh that means peace within her
A sigh that means all the world she carried on her shoulder has been lifted up

It's just her, night and silence.

She picks up her pen, in the stillness of the night
But, when she is just about to write one letter ... a high pitched growl accompanied with a screechy cry echoes outside her window

Her pen falls

She now sighs

She breathes in and breathes out
Trying to drown the sound of cats fighting outside her window

"Another sleepless night thanks to the territorial cats outside her window" she thinks

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