One small second
separates my life from my death
The surgeon stitches
focused only on his task
to save the life that falters here.
© Alison Jean Hankinson.

d’Verse Poetics It’s All in the timing.
It’s all in the timing!
One small second
separates my life from my death
The surgeon stitches
focused only on his task
to save the life that falters here.
© Alison Jean Hankinson.

d’Verse Poetics It’s All in the timing.
It’s all in the timing!
Oh my goodness…..talk about “it’s all in the timing!” In just a few words here, you’ve nailed the penultimate of this phrase. Well done!!!
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This is wonderful, had not thought of it as seconds, but more as a balancing on a knife’s edge
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How terrifying and close to death that can be ~
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A stitch
iN time
when Surgery
Changes A hitch of liFe oN..:)
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That one second is soo crucial isn’t it? Beautifully penned
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