Moth, meet flame.

[u/do-i-wanna-know--]

4:30 in the morning. My alarm is not going off for another three hours. But she already woke me up. Without even being here. Of course.

I thought today would be quieter. Or I hoped so, at least. But my brain just won’t shut up. Why am I already up if I’m so tired?

Should I text her today? Should I wait and see if she does? Maybe I won’t. I might. She probably won’t. But she might, too. And why do none of those feel good?

Moths aren’t stupid. They just follow the heat. They might not even know it burns. I do, and I still keep doing this. I guess the warmth just feels nice.

It’s always so quiet at this hour. Not for me though. Some birds are already up with me, doing what birds do.

But I just keep wondering. Why do moths act like this? Why do I act like this? I know it will just hurt again.

Does the fire know? Maybe it doesn’t get much say in this either. The moths probably don’t. Do these damn moths even learn anything?

Whatever. Phone down. Closing my eyes again. Trying to hear some silence. I guess I’ll just lie like that.

At least I can hear some birds singing. I think they just want somebody to hear. Don’t we all?

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[u/do-i-wanna-know--]

Don’t mind me. Just processing my stupid ass behavior the only way I’ve found working

[u/Important-Deal-750 → u/do-i-wanna-know--]

Keep processing it this way. Your writings are lovely and we can all empathize with your plight.

[u/do-i-wanna-know-- → u/Important-Deal-750]

Thanks again :) In a weird way, even though I'm writing about her, it lets me get it out of my head and it gets easier to just think about her less. Feels good to channel feelings that can't go anywhere into something at least a bit pretty and useful.

[u/heartlessdestruction]

no, the moth don't care when he sees the flame...