“Of course, I’ll hurt you. Of course, you’ll hurt me. Of course, we will hurt each other. But this is the very condition of existence. To become spring means accepting the risk of winter. To become present means accepting the risk of absence.”
-Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
22 DECEMBER 2021- SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO
What did an explosion do?
The explosion seared the air and earth in a way that left it devoid of life down to the microbes. It then rented the air as if it was intent on shattering the universe by ripping apart every atom. The explosion was a micro-hell, yet all the universe to those caught within. To the sound of the explosion came the terrible echo as if it were the anguished cry of God.
Okay, just to be clear: Adeline was not speaking in metaphors. And she definitely did not m
