I was already at the sidewalk, ready to jump. The trucks were fast and keep coming and jumping was all I can think about. As the truck went closer I was so ready to throw myself on the road.
Yet I didn’t jump.
I don’t know what stopped me at the time. I saw the truck went and I was still at the sidewalk. For a brief moment I thought, “Maybe one day I’ll be filled with so much I’ll find out why I don’t jump.”
Now here I am. Alive and breathing. Yet what I have been doing ever since is regretting my decision at the time. […]