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A Moment Outside Of Time

By Heather Hancock
August 30, 2021
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My twelfth summer – the ocean of my innocence – cast an asteroid into my sea – pulling me down, like a milestone around my neck. Gigantic ripples broke the time barrier, touching every moment forward, etching every word wielded as a whip, like the rings inside a tree.

The catalyst imploded the house of cards, maternally built. Brutal betrayal sliced deep. My soul hemorrhaged. The girl inside the cage curled up, like the Fibonacci sequence. Brick upon brick, the tower formed. My heart, safe within its walls, the crown jewels I closely guard. Untouchable within this space . . . until I grew bigger. The walls closed in, two years later. The tower became my prison—I had the key, but do not remember. . . where did I put it? My screams ricocheted like bullets, taunting and prodding me . . . to end it.

Until light seeped through the tiny cracks in the mortar. I held my breath and listened. Staccato clicks chipped the seal, binding the bricks together. Fear struck like an icy tsunami, stealing my breath. Bricks began to vanish. The pure light blinded as it surrounded and enveloped me. I was paralyzed within a light, alive with a love more ancient than the universe. Two nail-scarred hands reached in and held me. I was undone and reborn in that moment . . . recorded outside of time.

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Heather Hancock

Heather Hancock has been writing her entire life. She's currently a Writer for Coffee House Writers, with short stories, serial stories, and poems published on the website. She is also an Editor, and a Ghostwriter. In December 2020, she had 3 poems and 2 short stories published in The Coffee House Writer's Anthologies. In February 2021 her nonfiction article was published in The Survivor Memoirs: Childhood Sexual Abuse. Heather is an Amazon Best Selling Co-author in the Called To Intercede Anthologies - Volume 1 (January 2022) & Volume 7 (February 2022). She's getting ready to release her first Contemporary Christian fiction novel, Sister Lost, on Feb 1, 2023. Heather lives with her husband and cat, Willow, in a small town in southwestern Saskatchewan, Canada.

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  1. Jill A Yoder 1 September, 2021 at 10:30 Reply

    This is so beautiful! There is an abundance of emotion, introspection, and spirituality. Well done, Heather. ♥

    • Heather 6 September, 2021 at 09:49 Reply

      Thank you, Jill! ❤️

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