Knocked Sideways
Micro-Fiction
It was a day of possibilities—cloudless sky, sun sparkling off the water, and a warm breeze caressing my face. For a moment, everything felt effortless, as if the world was exactly as it should be. That changed when the first wave came out of nowhere. It swept my beach chair into the water with me going sideways, like a stunned squirrel lying on the side of the road. Couldn't move.