hey, it's morethanamuse again!
not entirely sure how i feel about this drabble, but oh well. (MDH insists that it is brilliant. i dunno about all that...) but anyhow, this is about 300 words of abstract thought. no names, but i know you know who i am talking about. another tiny firefly reference (i think i am going to put something little in most of mine) but its kind of a stretch. whatever. i like it. ;)
enjoy!
They can both feel it.
In fact, they've both felt it for a while.
That tugging pull, that hounding nudge. Closer and closer, they stand on the cusp, worlds fading around them.
A breath.
Then another.
Looking out into the black, the uncertainty, the fear. Once they are in, they aren't coming back. She is ready to run. He is ready to jump. She doesn't like that she can't see beyond tomorrow. He doesn't like that she feels that way.
That pull.
That gravity.
No matter what the circumstances, they can no longer deny the force that keeps pulling them back in. No matter how far one goes, they always come back. And the other lets them. They are teetering, the cusp is blurring.
They have defined it one-hundred different ways. He has a hundred words for everything. She has a hundred doubts, but a hundred hopes to go with it.
It is a point that marks the beginning of a change.
But it's not that easy. It is never that easy, nor simple, nor uncomplicated.
But it could be.
If they both jumped at once; one hand, grasping another, trusting themselves to hold the other up. If they are to inevitably fall, is it not better to fall together?
Part of her wants to just let go.
Part of him wants to ask her to.
They can both agree that there are risks. Both the scorching and untouchable possibilities. At some unspoken and spontaneous crossroads, they simultaneously hold on and let go.
Falling from the cusp into a new beginning is easier when there's someone waiting to catch you.
Somehow, being the one to jump, and being the one to catch all at once isn't as difficult as they made it out to be.
How they can seem to be in two places at once, they'll never know.
Be kind, please review!
Stay tuned for MDH's rendition of 'D' tomorrow! :)