witness

A minute ago I was just sitting in my room, legs crossed, tossing chocolate chips one by one into my mouth, when the large sheet of bubble wrap on the very top of my shelves began to slide. I watched it shift and pick up speed, and didn't miss any of its inevitable fall to the floor six feet below. I think I am grateful that it waited through a whole weekend of me being away before gravity got the best of it, because I was here to see the way it drifted to the right as it fell and settled at an angle against the base of my chair.