A single step. The world stops, then changes.
Leaving my outstretched hand and strangled, ‘”Wait!”
Abruptly, mid-reach, mid-word, mid-cry, mid-
Breath stolen. Stunned as something cracks, then breaks.
Leaving my outstretched hand and strangled, ‘”Wait!”
Hope and anguish cascade down and away.
Breath stolen. Stunned as something cracks, then breaks.
Empty nothingness, where once there was more.
Hope and anguish cascade down and away.
Abruptly, mid-reach, mid-word, mid-cry, mid-
Empty nothingness, where once there was more.
A single step. The world stops, then changes.