INSTANTS

In the...

In the minute...

In the minute between...

In the minute between you hear

about the accident

and the fatalities

thoughts go through your head.

You...

You wonder...

You wonder who...

You wonder who, of all the people you knew

who would live, and who would die.

Who had suffered, and who had thrived.

You wonder...

You wonder if the ones you cared for most

made it.

At...

At that time...

At that time when...

At that time when you're unclear just what happened

when the facts have not been processed properly

when the world is open to possibilities

few of them good

when all you have to go on is hope

but that hope is steely strong

a thin cable you cannot see

but holds your weight many times over

you can only ask

how long it will last.

How long before hope snaps.

Please don't be dead.

Please don't be dead.

For...

For an instant...

For an instant, no matter what happens next

you are alive.

And that instant may be all that we have left.

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