Ground-zero File

If you are standing there today—at the edge of your personal Ground Zero—please hear this: You are not late. You are right on time.

You do not have to rebuild today. You do not have to sift today. Today, you are only required to survive the silence. To breathe the dusty air. To place one foot in front of the other until you reach the edge of the crater. ground-zero

We stand at the edge of our own private apocalypse, feeling foolish for grieving in a world that demands productivity. If you are standing there today—at the edge

But I want to argue that Ground Zero is not a location. It is a condition. ground-zero