a night divide

i have slept early, very early at 8 in the evening. and a 4-5 hours of continous sleep is good enough for me, so i am woken up by the re-charged cells somewhere still night. i take my cell from the bedside table, and unlock it to see the time as 00:55....yes that explains why i am feeling fresh enough even in the middle of the night.

i take a few sips from the glass of water, also on the sidetable. the night light from the living room continues to throw the faint yellow glow, only it appears spooky to me for that moment. i'd rather the darkness than this faint glow scattering yellowish spots in a dark background.

i remove the covers, and feel like changing from the half sweater i am wearing to a t-shirt. maybe i am over estimating my own laziness to expect myself to change. i must atleast lower the heating. the radiator is hidden behind the room door and lowering the heating would mean taking off the door stopper, holding the door so it doesn't bang and resonate in the night hush, turning the knob to reduce the heat, putting the stopper again, and all this on the left side of the bed, while i am cozy(and a bit too warm) on the right side. chuck it.

i am too awake, and wonder if repeating alphabets in the reverse would bore me to sleep again. thirst reaches my throat again, and now i need to get up. this is like the few things in life which always take our full attention no matter how much we'd like to skip them. when i feel thirsty at night, i'd run for some water but for a quake. i get up, take the glass, go to the kitchen, run the cold tap water for a while for the water to be chlorine free, and then greedily drink it. i fill up the glass and get back to the bed. the glass gets back on the side table, and i on the right side, under the covers, in the half sweater. i'd be asleep in a while, even if a little warm, but its fine. i think, without any urge, about things i won't remember in the morning. i also notice i haven't dreamt as yet, and perhaps i will when i sleep again now.

the night has been divided by waking up in the middle. waking up loud and clear, and not drowsy eyed and cracking. i am now lying straight, eyes on the black shadows on the ceiling. a few moments, and i decide to pull down the eye shutters and get some sleep, for its office in the morning, and my alarm will be going sooner than i'd know. i unlock my cell once again, and check the time, its 01:07.

and the last thought i remember is i have been awake just over 10 minutes, by the watch that is, and yet the divide seems larger than it is worthy of, perhaps.