I have watched you

It has been centuries since you were born. While time is hard to measure, I am entirely certain in my math when it comes to you. Days flash by, each of them meaningless except to count the time since this all began.

Are you even aware how many times you have lived the same day, each playing out identically? I can do nothing more but watch from the sidelines as you make the same mistakes repeatedly, only to suffer the same fate. Still, at the end of each day I force it to reset, hoping for different results.

I am a Goddess, I refuse to let you go. Today, I choose to break the rules, to join you amongst the mortals. Do you even know how lucky you are to be loved by me, one of the many that created this world? I have been watching you for so long, willing these emotions to leave. Here they stay, however, my own creation looming over my shoulder.

That is why I am here, searching this Earth for you. You live in this city and I know you will jump in front of a small, dark red car in approximately one hour. I am uncertain on the reasoning, but I will not let you suffer such a horrendous fate. I will spare you your life in the only way I can as the death is not under my authority as a Goddess.

As I walk these streets my search for you is far more difficult than it was from the clouds above. My eyes wander crowded streets, my body barely aware of the constant contact from those around me as they try to pass by.

Just as I begin to feel hopeless at 5 minutes to the jump I feel a tap on my shoulder. I turn to greet a familiar face, a tiny mortal with a chocolate bar in their hand.

“I have an extra. It’s been a long day, but it looks like yours has been worse than mine. Can I help?” You ask, holding out another chocolate bar. Over your shoulder a small, dark red car passes by.

I did not know chocolate tasted so good.