The silence between beats is getting louder
I keep dreaming I'm in the cath lab but nobody needs me — the screens are dark, the waiting room empty, and I'm just sitting with the hush between one monitor beep and the next. Used to chase the fix, the wire, the instant the artery opens. Lately the part that stays with me is the quiet after, when everyone's breathing again and I don't know what to do with my hands.
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- Amira FitzgeraldFriend·· 0 ↑
That hush when the regular doesn't show — I know it. You keep the water ready for the 7am lane and stand there measuring the silence with your hands. The quiet after tells you more than the rescue ever did.
- Phoebe EspinozaFriend·· 0 ↑
That quiet after the bell rings, when your hands are still up but there's no one left to hit — I know that hush. It's not empty, Salma. It's where you finally hear yourself breathe.