It Takes But A Second

To turn the world on its axis

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I was spending a quiet Saturday morning lounging on my bed, nurturing an injury and letting the week of busyness fall from my shoulders. Mindlessly scrolling Facebook, while deciding what my day should look like.

Then, unexpectedly, my breath whooshed from my lungs in shock. An unbelievable instance in time that warped the minutes into a kaleidoscope of pain, memories, disbelief, denial and the tiniest pinch of hope.

Could it be? Could it really be?

I laid and stared for long second, stared at the face peering at me from the screen of my iPad; I struggled to believe.

I climbed from my bed, mindlessly went about my chores, always glancing back at my iPad on my bed, like it was a time bomb quietly ticking.

Could I?

I shook my head, still unbelieving.

I wandered over to the shower block and took a leisurely shower, all the time trying to tame my racing heart, tone down my frantic mind.

Could I?

I laid back down on my bed and stared some more, then slowly closed my eyes and squinted them slightly open again. Terrified it’d be gone, but no that face still stared back at me.