Asian Dad

after hours…

Empty hallway, deserted rooms, I look through the office window and see the hazy glow of the lights outside over a vacant parking lot. Silence can be heard over the hum of office machines. All is still except for the throbbing pain in my head. Quiet and stillness fill the building now that the hustle and bustle of the day have all faded away. Ahh, yet the nagging deadline still looms over me like a dark, ominous cloud. Fatigue and exhaustion intensify as the night progresses. Mind and body slow to a crawl. Piece by piece I gather up the sheets of paper and close up my desk. I head outside and look to another day.