for a friend and colleague

Even as I sit here, someone I know and love is experiencing the final moments of her life. Time seems so profound and crisp now, as I catch myself gazing out the window, back in the moment after a period of unknown duration spent listmaking and planning. The nature of time is strange and magical, and in a twinkling way it can extend itself, wrapping you in its lightest hum, passing slowly, gracefully, mercifully, imbuing the moment with a breathless delight.

Breathless.

May she exhale in a bliss.