Insomnia

July 14th, 2008 at 4:13 am by Mark Steel
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     I can’t sleep.

     I went fishing Saturday night with Zacque and his Uncle.  I thougt it would be relaxing, but it wasn’t.  All I did was miss my Wildcat so bad I couldn’t stand it.  His Uncle drove, because I was absolutely smashed — lots of alcohol — and I’m so prone to go into crying fits at any given moment.
     Finally, his cousin came and drove Zacque and I back.  I cried the whole way home, wishing my Wildcat had been there.

     I called my Wildcat and left her a message, because I missed her.  I wished she’d been there.  And then this morning, this is the last message I got:

Okay, I played your last message over and over, because I heard a woman in the background and it sounded like she said, “Don’t start”?????????

     And nothing since.

     All I ever do is cry over this woman.  I miss her so bad I can’t stand it.  Everyone know that.  Everyone.  And it worries a lot of people, because I’m not very functional without her.
     I either break down crying or go completely despondent.

     And I can’t sleep.

     And I can’t eat.

     I want her so bad I can’t stand it.

     I need her.

     I don’t want to write any more.  I don’t want to do anything any more.  I don’t want to go to sleep and miss her, and I don’t want to wake up and be without her.  I don’t want to go out, because she’s not at my side.  I can’t keep my head in work.  And everything just feels hopeless as Hell.

     Now, I feel like I’ve lost everything.

     All I’ve done is hurt like Hell for a month.  It’s been a month…

     And it just gets worse.

     People talk.  Some tell me this is unhealthy, that I need to move on, and I tell them to go to Hell.  I can wait.  I will wait.

     When I saw her a week and a half ago, I got down on my knees with her and prayed with her.  I’ve never done that with anyone.  And I meant every word I said.  I take my vows seriously.  And I will walk through every Hell for this woman, with this woman.

     She is the One.  And she’s the only thing I need…

     If everythign else was gone, I’d still need her.

     And so, I keep holding out hope.  I keep praying. 

     She’s the only thing in the world that makes me happy any more.

     I need her like air.

     And I want to spend the rest of my life with her.

     I don’t care what it takes.

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3 Responses to “Insomnia”

  1. Joan commenting on Insomnia
    Joan Says:

    Dear god pull yourself together! She loves you and any fool can see that. Just give her a little time and space and she will come around. Wake up and smell the coffee, Mark. Pull your head out, Mark. You focus on loving her, because she needs that just as much as you do. And you need to pull yourself together and give her something to come back to rather than this mess you are right now. And like a lot of people right now she’s probably terrified that you’re going to hurt yourself. Now be a good boy and pull yourself together.

  2. kentuckywildcat commenting on Insomnia
    kentuckywildcat Says:

    Thank you, I couldn’t have said it better myself!

  3. Mark commenting on Insomnia
    Mark Says:

    What does it matter when you just block me and delete me out of your life completely? I wouldn’t be panicking and losing it if it weren’t for that, Ann. I don’t know how to live like that. You’re all I have in this world right now, and, no, wait — “Goodbye, Mark.”

    I can fix myself a million times, re-invent myself, get my shit together, and it still won’t matter, according to you. I had it together, if you’ll remember… But now all this finality, you constantly changing plans and telling me one thing and doing another, coming up with excuses and irrational fears of nothing, and I’m supposed to be okay with all your problems, but you can’t be ok with mine…

    I wish you could just meet me halfway so that we can help each other get through this. You’re my best friend. You’re the only thing that makes me smile. The only thing I need to feel better about myself. The only thing that gives me any hope.

    I need your help, Ann. I truly do. We’re in a mess that I can’t fix alone. Please help me.

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