Can you think out loud? Are you willing to try? The man in the arena.

How can one say they’ve experienced joy? How can one say they’ve experienced pain? Has one held a child?

To the anticipating, met with disbelief. To the unsuspecting, welcomed. In both, hope.

Set and achieved. Seen and understood. Secure and satisfied.

12 hours, the pressure is palpable. It seeps into the heart It squeezes the mind. While you sit it torments you with questions of, “What else?” WHAT ELSE?