Life is great. Health, mobility, liberty.

Then, an inadvertent moment. A slip and twisting tumble. The crash is sharp; the crack loud. Such a quick and simple thing.

But the scorching pain: deep, crippling, and endless.

Operations and rehab do little. Each move brings agony and depression.

Life is hell.

Bill Diamond writes in the Colorado Mountains. See more at bdiamondwriting.com