A Lesson Learned

THERE WAS EERIE SILENCE ON THE grid that seemed to last an eternity. Slowly, though, as the seconds ticked away, the hum of the engines grew back into a familiar tone. There was no mad anxiety this time around such as I had felt in the past. I was oddly calmer with a feeling of being on a mission and even though there may have been a thousand thoughts running around, my mind refused to give any of them a listen. I sat