Standstill- Draft One

Yesterday was strange. London, the city that never sleeps, slept. I went out with a few friends last night and the tubes were empty and so were the streets. Weird.

In all my life I have never encountered London to look so dead. It was nice in a way as I noticed things I had never noticed before. Have you noticed how many pods the London eye has? 32. I have lived her for 19 years and only realized this last night. Funny how so many people miss the little things as theyre to busy looking at the bigger things. This may not be the correct contrast but you know what I mean.

I also noticed how long it takes for London Bridges crossing to go down again. I was sitting on a wall near the London Eye and I counted the seconds, 1,2,3 1 minute 36, 1 minute 37 4 minutes 52, 7 minutes 36. It was so chilled just watching. But what I dont understand is why the bridge was up in the first place, there were no boats. No people. No atmosphere.

Come to think of it there was noting last night. Its like there was no time, like the world was on standstill. My watch is broken.

Standstill- Draft two

Yesterday was weird. London, the city that never sleeps, slept. I went out to meet a few friends last night and the tubes were empty. Completely empty, and so were the streets. Weird.

In all my life I have never encountered London to look so dead. It was quite nice in a way as I began to notice things I had never noticed before. Have you noticed how many pods the London Eye has? 32. I have lived here for 19 years, born and raised but only just realized this last night. Its funny. So many people miss the little things in life because theyre to busy looking at the big things. This may not be the correct contrast but you know what I mean.

Another thing I noticed was how long it takes for London Bridges crossing to go down again. I was sitting on a wall near the London Eye staring at how calm the Thames was when the bridge began to descend. I counted. 1,2,31 minute 36, 1 minute 374 minutes 527 minutes 14. It was so chilled just watching. But what I dont understand is why the bridge was up to begin with. There were no boats. No people. No atmosphere.

Come to think of it, there was nothing last night. It was like the whole city was standstill, like there was no time.

Oh, my watch is broken.