Things I've recently thought of on waking

Appearance of a cloudless sky where, beyond the crest of a hill, there is sea beneath.


In an empty playground as a child, near the top of the steps of the slide, no-one to rush you: thinking that you can, but if you can't that's okay too.


Weakness and aching of limbs after a long time spent in bed: with illness or a person, the feeling is the same.


Creak and thump of doors in a hotel, how quickly they become familiar.