The Absolute Worst

Small things become large in a life at times, appointments made that hang like a sentence over one's head, incarcerating you in fear for a week or more. A pain that won't go away growing into a dozen self diagnosed causes, some serious, some benign until you remember straining to lift a heavy pot yesterday or the day before. Then there are all the “what ifs” that invade the mind when you are trying to get to sleep, a whole catalogue of outcomes graded from the unfortunate to the absolute worst, one of which is bound to come true, ruining your plans or causing you to be carted off in a hearse. And even when you find a quiet corner somewhere in your life where a little sunshine comes shining through, it's always short-lived when you convince yourself it just can't be true.