Cold bed
You wouldn’t imagine that a bed would hold much residual heat from one night to the next. So why is it that they feel so much colder when they’ve not been slept in for a while.
So it was last night when I finally turned in. The bed felt cold, the pillows cold and the duvet didn’t quite feel right. Maybe because you weren’t with me.
Nevertheless this morning came too soon. By then the bed had forgiven me, moulded to my shape and warmed me. I rolled over as the phone rang and in the mist of early morning confusion tried to turn the alarm off. I’m glad I failed, it wasn’t an alarm, it was you.
I was awake, but the actuality of getting out of bed doesn’t fill me with glad tidings of great joy. Once I’m showered, I’m fine, but the few steps between my bed and the shower seem too much for a Saturday morning.