The fog

The numbness gathers like a fog, slowly, imperceptibly at first. No sudden changes that might attract attention, but a gradual chill that creeps and curls, swirling around limbs, heart, mind.  Coiling around in thin strands, then thickening, tightening, until there is nothing but the clammy numbing coldness.  Strange how numbness has its own ache.

Yes, I'm overtired and my mood has crashed, been really low all day. Retreating under duvet, it is bedtime anyway, taken couple hours doing this with no concentration span.