He called out for her but she won’t come, she likes playing hide and seek with him once in a while. He didn’t even know where to look for her, he switched on the table lamp and picked up a book which he hasn’t read for a while, he couldn’t read it still. His mind was elsewhere, words can’t just be read by eyes. His closed the book, switched on some music and switched off the lamp. He tried again and failed again. She was playing hard to get. Now it was no more a game, he wanted to tell her aloud, “Ok you’ve won…now come over”. If he was sure, she could listen to him, he might have just said it. There was a nice breeze blowing inside the room from the open window, he thought for a minute about going out and taking a walk, but then he discarded the thought, he didn’t want to give in to her as yet. He tried to think hard, how he has found her earlier, he couldn’t think of anything he has not already tried. Today nothing seems to have any effect on her.

But he would keep trying….

So, he called out for sleep again, hoping this time she would come over.