Authors Note: Just a drabble... Was watching my youngest kiddo getting ready to start kindergarten next year and go to his "new" school and realized just how quickly time flies...
In mere seconds life changes; in mere seconds lives are irrevocably changed…
A few simple words mentioned when he felt alone, unworthy, lost… "You have real talent. You should keep writing." Pride was fostered and a writer was found.
He watched the plane take off leaving him alone…a gaping space where she'd taken his open trust with her.
A whimpering newborn red and wrinkled was placed in his arms and for the first time his world altered, shifted, polarized; she became first… She became his salvation and his reason.
Seconds…. Mere seconds.
A badge and a woman; extraordinary and consuming.
A new purpose.
Seconds ticking… blurring into years.
A single shot.
A single thought: I love you.
A single fear: Don't leave me.
All in seconds…mere seconds.