Wish Denied
I tried walking backwards but IT was like a moving floor that forced me ahead. I tried to dig my heels into the ground but the ground was sand and IT was a big kite with a strong gust of wind pulling me along. I tried to turn around but IT was like a spell that wouldn't allow me to turn my head around to look back. I tried to stand still but IT was like an adult grabbing the hand of a stubborn child dragging them along against their will. For a second... One brief second there was silence..... I was floating through my mind able to quiet my thoughts. For one quick instance, I was exactly where I wanted to be. I wasn't any younger but... for exactly one second I wasn't any older. I'm terrified of what lies ahead. I'm not ready to grow up. What is a grown-up anyway? How do I know if I am one? I've never been one before. You know what I have been before? A child A tween A teen In my 20's Now in my 30's I've been all these things, yet at every stage...