Write something with the
idea of slowing down or stopping time
rl simpson
7/18/2014
I point my phone’s camera and press the button and if I
remember to hold the button a few seconds, I stop time. It is not the type of
magic I want to possess. I want to have the magic to go back in time and then stop time. I want to
tell my younger self all kinds of advice and wisdom and force her to learn the lessons she needs.
But the only kind of magic I possess,
is something someone else invented to stop time. A
picture, a snap shot, an image of that moment in time.
My eldest niece was married on July 4th.
When she found her guy and they set the date, I asked her, "How can you get
married –you are only six?" I looked back to all the moments in time that I had
stopped for her and I am amazed that she kept moving forward in time to this
point, getting married at 6 plus 22.
In my images, I
have stopped time for lots of people. I only now realize how much I enjoy that
magic. Some of the images are still on pictures, but most are taking up space
on my computer in something called jay pee gee (.jpg).
Occasionally, these images pop up and delight me all over again bringing memories to the present day
and I unstop time.
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