You have a choice. You can travel back
in time to change something and then return to the present.
The words echoed in my ears as I sat
down. I know what I want to do and feel the urgency to leave
immediately, but I have to stop and think. That's just who I am. I
don't like to rush in. I need to think it through and be sure. My
sister died of leukemia and if I went back in time I could tell her
to get her blood checked. Then maybe they would catch it soon enough
and be able to cure her. Or, better yet, I could do all kinds of
research and take all that information back with me and give it to
her and the doctors so they could save her. But what would that
mean? How would my life change? Most importantly, would my daughter
still be there when I returned to the present? I love my daughter
more than anything but I'd give almost anything to have my sister
alive. What should I do? Do I go back or don't I?
A great little piece of writing. Deals with conflict and consequences, and let's the readers make up their own minds. Of course, she may have already been back in time and not realised it (who's to say that memory remains intact?)
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