Entry 092

Madoka is amazing. <3

Two Hours per Second

The anticipation nearly killed me,

Before stepping up today.

I could predict and feel the pain

I'd been dreading all along.

I sat back,

And they went to work.

The day had finally come.

I could hear my heartbeat on the monitors,

Reflected on the screens.

I could hear it racing

As the moment drew nearer and nearer.

The last thing I remember

Is my mother's kiss

Planted on my forehead,

And everything beyond that

Seemed like two hours in one second.

As I slept they took their tools,

Cut into my gums and took my teeth,

They took with them a piece of my jawbone,

And left me sleeping.

I woke up, barely,

Just in time to be escorted

Into a room,

Covered with a blanket,

Given a cold icepack,

And I slept.

It was all two hours in a second,

And at the end of it all,

I was going home.

I had this amazing feeling when I knew

I was finally going home.

"Two Hours per Second," (c) Rebecca Grapentine, June 7th, 2011