I hear the beeping of the machine, the sands of my hourglass running thin. I can’t communicate.

“Talk to him,” the nurse urges.

“Are you in pain, Grandpa?” Aaron asks, watching me gently move my hand over my chest.

No, I think, hand over my heart. I’m just loving you.

Seth Pilevsky’s work has appeared in What Doesn’t Kill You, a YA anthology published by Indomita Press, Maelstrom, The Inner Circle Writers’ Group Literary Anthology 2019, Identity Anthology by ArrowHeart Publishing, Tales of the Strange Anthology by The Writer’s Workout, Stinkwaves Magazine, Long Island Literary Journal, Literally Stories, 50-Word Stories and Memoir Magazine. Sign up for updates at his website, spilevsky.com.