Breaking the routine

As he rapidly placed one foot on the step leading up to the stage, the realisation of accepting his award for best leading performance enveloped his mind - yet, a distant ringing thwarted his moment, gaining volume at increasing speed. The alarm. His eyelids reluctantly parted from their blissful nightly affair and a blurry darkened bedroom set the scene as he awoke. The career he dreamt of what not that of which he would make his way to that very morning - it was much further off the pace of his mundane daily routine.

Opening the bathroom cabinet, he stared at the contents with a glazed vision. Many options lay before him, each with a story of how his day could start. Yet he picked out his old companion, the little bottle of antidepressants that he had so long doted on. His clothes slipped onto him like gloves, fitting every curve and crevice perfectly. But this image was skewed when he glanced at his reflection - a man far away from who he really wanted to be.