Suddenly

It's like that time of the night

when you have eluded sleep to do something

and now sleep eludes you despite you trying to get a hold of it (I have work in the morning damnit!).

It's like standing in the ocean

in the calmest of waters without realizing

they are not the only danger to you, there are undercurrents (and there go your shades!).

It's like a weekday alarm

going off in the morning like a foghorn after

finding yourself in a sudden drinking binge the night before with friends (now they get curses!).

It's like sipping on a cup of tea

made by your usually naughty child out of suspicious niceness

and realizing there's salt in the tea instead of sugar (why did I ever think he has changed his ways!).

It was all just like that-

sudden,

smothering,

raw,

unexpected,

familiar,

wild,

unwavering.