Suspension, Continuity, Gravity & Stagnation

The world stopped as she watched him plunge.
Then everything started moving again.
In slow motion.
In slow motion, she saw him dive into the crevice.

And everything started moving at normal speed, and faster, and faster.

She tried to grab him.
On the edge trying to pull him up.
His arm on one hand.
His collar on the other.
Almost, but he slipped.

Faster and faster he was spiralling down the gorge.
Smaller and smaller.
A tiny dot.
Then nothing.
She could still hear his faint cry.
Then nothing.

She looks at her hands.
Dirt, blood and skin stuck underneath her fingernails.
Still holding onto a piece of fabric.
Clutching it.
Like a small piece of hope.

She will wait for his return.