5. Just One Drop
JUST ONE DROP
MITCHELL
Adrop. Just one single drop of her climatic release falls onto my stone surface.
It’s like an explosion of color and light and cognition.
I thought I was aware before, but now? This?
It’s not just Jo I can feel, it’s everything.
Every person walking my trails, every car driving on the roads that cut across me, every tree in my soil, and every squirrel in their branches.
I could count each and them if I needed.
But the only thing that matters is her. It’s all because of Jo. She’s the reason I’m alive. I owe her my life.
I feel her even stronger now, the glow of our fated destiny. It’s like a beacon calling me toward her.
“I love you, Jo.” I say.
Only this time, my voice isn’t just the wind, my ground shakes as I say the words. I’m moving, alive.