Time froze.
I only had to breathe.
Time went backwards.
No decisions to make.
Time froze.
I could stop.
Time coalesced.
Not twelve things to track anymore.
Time froze.
Permission to rest.
Time hummed.
And the background went quiet.
Time froze.
No long-term thinking.
Time gave up.
And my unbounded pile of “everything I should be managing” vanished.
Desire awoke.
The candle was lit.
Clarity arrived.
And birthed wind.
Wind swirled.
And fanned the flames.
Focus burned.
And promised the world.
Thrill tingled.
Blessed relief.
Passion said Now!
How could I not?
The wildfire roared.
Ecstacy unspooled.
The night fell open.
And time came back.
Time only watched.
The pile grew.
Time only watched.
Passion flared.
Time only watched.
Thrill claimed me.
Time only watched.
Grasping, flailing.
Time only watched.
Urgency.
Time only watched.
The world was all on fire.
And time… no, not time.
I, I watched.