Insomniak.

Two nights now I haven't slept.
Insomnia comes and goes, but is always a handmaiden of The Valley.
Odd sensations in my body, feels like..

heartbreak

I trace my steps backwards, listen for receding footfalls, there are none.
Confusion. Was there a theft in the night? Did I leave my back door open?
Is this an omen perhaps? This slight unnameable dread?

I watch the horizon. The trees shake slightly as they do before a storm.

That metallic taste. The birth of battle.

Something moves forward.