I ended a life today.
I am not sure how I am supposed to feel about it, I guess nothing is a feeling but there is no way to be sure if that's the correct one. Throughout the day it has plagued my mind, not the event of removing a life from the world, but whether or not I am expected to have any remorse about it.
It wasn't my fault, I was put into a situation that left me no choice. There was an out, an escape, an alternative to the situation at hand but those avenues were not taken. A conscious decision was made to continue down a path of destruction, a path I was traveling on. The day did not deliver a message to be that I was going to kill few short hours later otherwise I could have prepared myself, warned others, worked toward a different outcome. I could have stopped and screamed at the top of my lungs to get out of my way.... but I did not.
I ended a life today.
As the event unfolded suddenly and without warning, time slowed. Every muscle movement could be seen in great detail, hesitation in the eyes turned to fear as I came into view. Clear as glass were the actions once it started, as soon as I became committed there was no turning back. They knew it, I knew it. Perhaps by an underlying premonition or senses beyond my knowledge, death could be felt in the air. In a matter of seconds from start to finish it was over. I left death in my wake.
I tried to carry on through the day without thinking about it, without worrying if anyone would find out that I caused that body to lie there broken, motionless. Surprisingly it was easy to forget or suppress I am not sure how to tell the difference anymore. Not until I passed by the location later this evening did I think about that situation today.
Lifelessness.
I will only mention this situation once and after today I will never speak of this again...
.....unless my boss asks me why I was late to the office today and I explain to him that wouldn't have been if I didn't have to stop at the car wash if that fucking squirrel didn't cut back halfway across the street.
This has been another Joe movement.