No, some of us don’t realize it. Until a contingency arises.

Your muscles and gait were strong and steady an hour ago.

Suddenly…you stumble on the way to the bathroom.

Holding yourself from the hallway walls. The sink. As a dust storm.

Seizing your brain. Blood rushing through your neurons. A catapulting

lash. Your eyes open wide. Your arms lose their strength. Your vision

becomes blurry. Get back to bed. Darkness looks darker. You can still

hear the cricket outside. You hold to his notes. Hold your ears wide

open. You realize are holding to dear life in each possible way.

Something you didn’t think five minutes ago. The fresh evening air

feeding your lungs. The warm blanket covering you. The cricket, the

owl…everything feels ten times amplified. Little by little life recovers

its normalcy. You breathe deep. You think: what happened?

Something you should know in a few hours.

EO