Post
by Today » Tue Jul 17, 2012 11:27 pm
here's one:
Once there was this beautiful girl working at the coffee shop in the village near my office. Every morning, I'd wake up and say to myself "today is the day! This is your day today! This is the morning you're going to ask her for a date!" I march in, casual smile on my face, cool, confident. collected. Stroll on up to the counter where she greets me: "good morning Today! What can i get you, your regular?" as she returns my smile. I take a deep breath and prepare to deliver my proposal. My eyes suddenly fall to the spot on the floor between my shoes. For a millisecond, time stops and i'm staring at my shoelaces, suspended in the moment where my purest of intentions disintegrate into would'ves and could'ves, watching it all crumble around me. My own voice shatters the silence echoing in my frozen mind, as i garner all the courage left in me, all my breath, every ounce of strength left in my broken mind, to form a single utterance -- "yep." I mumble, hand her my money, wait for my change then shuffle out with my coffee, not another word escapes my mouth for the rest of the day. Tomorrow morning will be different, I promise myself. Tomorrow, yeah. I'll do it then.
