No Matter How Far I Wander,Trouble Always Finds Me
Jul 25, 2012 17:30:30 GMT -5
Post by mcmarti99 on Jul 25, 2012 17:30:30 GMT -5
That morning I woke up to the birds chirping.. and Caldwell snoring. I always wake up before he does, though when he begins to toss and turn I pretend to fall asleep. I do this because one morning he saw me awake before him and thought I had gone somewhere. That was pretty recent. He’s been very edgy the last few days. I guess he just has mood swings. Good Morning Honey I said after I “woke up”. Usually this brings a smile to his face, but today he just gets up and walks out of the tent to play with the fire without a word. I lay in the tent a little while longer. I perched myself in the opening and looked around.
It was the middle of spring and the mornings are the most delightful. The dew fell from the morning bliss of a sky. The birds chirped in tune with an owl’s how. I heard deer in the distance. I reached for my bird feed bag and a swarm of birds flew into camp. Caldwell jumped back in disgust; he hates birds coming into our camp. I laughed as they jumped over one another to get to the food. Line up! I was so proud of my little birds. I had taught them how to line up in a single file line. I don’t remember how, or when, but I’ve been doing it so long. Caldwell unhitched Daisy, our horse from the tree she was tied to. She resisted slightly, and Caldwell didn’t notice. She doesn’t like him, but if she resists she gets hit for it. I try to make him stop, but it’s no use. He gets up in the saddle and rides over to me scaring away all my precious birds. Let's go scope the place out together.. I know he means to say: I’m going for a ride and you’re not staying here alone, but I hop on anyway.
We ride out into the woods. It’s the same as usual really, a tree there, a tree here, a few deer, a mouse, forty-five birds, and a lot of sticks and leaves. We rode over to the creek and bathed together. He usually loved doing this, he would throw me into the water and I would stay under the water until he came after me. This was our fun time, and now, he wasn’t even smiling. I threw myself into the water thinking he would come after me and we would laugh and kiss. Instead he picked me up and pinned me down on the shore. Keep quiet! Geez, can't you feel that something's not right here? His elbows pushed hard against me. Something wasn’t right; he was turning into his old self again. I grabbed his shirt collar and pulled him in for a kiss. He had barely touched my lips when he pulled back and picked me up by the bottom of my arms and yanked me behind a tree, hard. I looked around, nothing was there. What’s the matter with you Caldwell! You are turning into your old self again! We are in the middle of nowhere and no- The last words to my sentence were interrupted by a kiss. I just love you too much His forehead lay against mine. . I love you too, and nothing will ever change that. I know I’m safe as long as I’m with you. [/color] He stepped back and grabbed my hand. He walked me over to Daisy and put me in the saddle. Then I pulled him up behind me and he kissed me on the forehead. Don’t ever leave me, I love you I was thinking, well, even if I wanted to, I couldn’t, but I said I love you too, don’t ever worry about me leaving you. Daisy snorted and pawed at the ground, we were locked in a kiss when she took off.
I could have gone on to tell him that we were in the middle of nowhere and no one could find us, but instead I let the conversation fade.
It was the middle of spring and the mornings are the most delightful. The dew fell from the morning bliss of a sky. The birds chirped in tune with an owl’s how. I heard deer in the distance. I reached for my bird feed bag and a swarm of birds flew into camp. Caldwell jumped back in disgust; he hates birds coming into our camp. I laughed as they jumped over one another to get to the food. Line up! I was so proud of my little birds. I had taught them how to line up in a single file line. I don’t remember how, or when, but I’ve been doing it so long. Caldwell unhitched Daisy, our horse from the tree she was tied to. She resisted slightly, and Caldwell didn’t notice. She doesn’t like him, but if she resists she gets hit for it. I try to make him stop, but it’s no use. He gets up in the saddle and rides over to me scaring away all my precious birds. Let's go scope the place out together.. I know he means to say: I’m going for a ride and you’re not staying here alone, but I hop on anyway.
We ride out into the woods. It’s the same as usual really, a tree there, a tree here, a few deer, a mouse, forty-five birds, and a lot of sticks and leaves. We rode over to the creek and bathed together. He usually loved doing this, he would throw me into the water and I would stay under the water until he came after me. This was our fun time, and now, he wasn’t even smiling. I threw myself into the water thinking he would come after me and we would laugh and kiss. Instead he picked me up and pinned me down on the shore. Keep quiet! Geez, can't you feel that something's not right here? His elbows pushed hard against me. Something wasn’t right; he was turning into his old self again. I grabbed his shirt collar and pulled him in for a kiss. He had barely touched my lips when he pulled back and picked me up by the bottom of my arms and yanked me behind a tree, hard. I looked around, nothing was there. What’s the matter with you Caldwell! You are turning into your old self again! We are in the middle of nowhere and no- The last words to my sentence were interrupted by a kiss. I just love you too much His forehead lay against mine. . I love you too, and nothing will ever change that. I know I’m safe as long as I’m with you. [/color] He stepped back and grabbed my hand. He walked me over to Daisy and put me in the saddle. Then I pulled him up behind me and he kissed me on the forehead. Don’t ever leave me, I love you I was thinking, well, even if I wanted to, I couldn’t, but I said I love you too, don’t ever worry about me leaving you. Daisy snorted and pawed at the ground, we were locked in a kiss when she took off.
I could have gone on to tell him that we were in the middle of nowhere and no one could find us, but instead I let the conversation fade.