I understand where the desire for Rewind comes from, but I consider myself fortunate to feel such a preference for Pause.

After years of "being" a writer, which occurs some unpredictable amount of years after beginning to write, I have conditioned myself to recognize memorable moments as they are occurring.

I have become a photographer in recent years -- and what is a photograph but a possibly artistic Pause button for the eyes?

If Rewind be your preference, do ask yourself one question: what about the ability to press such a button grants you the ability to do things differently the "next" time? What if your doomed to repeat the same mistake again, only this time you are both cognizant of and powerless to it? Worse yet, what if you doomed to rectify one mistake in exchange for an even worse one?

No, give me my life. Give me its blessings and its curses. Give me me.

Then let me Pause it at just the right time so I may look at her face a little longer before the sun fully sets.