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Rated: E · Poetry · Emotional · #1412509
Sometimes giant leaps look very small.
Sweat beads my forehead,
Trickles down into my eyes.
Can't wipe it away.

Deep breath - CONCENTRATE!
Straining against odds and gods.
Ounces feel like tons.

By sheer force of will,
Signal breaks through to synapse.
I see my thumb twitch!

Big smile, breathing hard.
One down, nineteen more to go.
Soon I'll walk again.
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