Counting
- Andie

- May 7, 2024
- 1 min read
I count the seconds as I fill my morning coffee pot with water
Watching it rise to halfway past the ten mark
1 2 3 4 5 6 7...
Yesterday it took 31 seconds exactly
Today, our water pressure hadn't caught up
So it took 42 seconds instead
I count the steps it takes to get from my bed to the refrigerator
Comparing them to how many it takes to get back
31 steps both ways
I count the mistakes I've made
Not numerically
Yet they add up just the same
Dangling my decisions above a shame-infested pit
I count the reasons
Not to reach for it.



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