My Experience with Death

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    My Experience with Death

    I lie here with
    A hole in my lung
    From a bullet wound.
    It’s hard for me to
    Keep breathing, it hurts.
    I’m trying to figure
    Out what it is that
    I did to get shot.
    My life starts to
    Flash before my eyes.
    The memories of all
    The things I ever accomplished,
    Of all the things that
    I will never accomplish.
    Something changes.
    I’m no longer looking up,
    But instead I’m looking
    Down on my body from above,
    And I realize that I must be
    Close to death.
    I look around and
    See you approaching
    From a distance.
    You’re smiling and laughing.
    Then you come upon my
    Body and see me lying there,
    The color draining
    Away from your face.
    I watch as you
    Scream and drop
    To your knees,
    Tears streaming down your face.
    Other people start to
    Show up now.
    A man is on the phone.
    Everyone is hysterical.
    The EMTs show up and
    Load my body into
    The ambulance and try to revive
    My heart beat.
    I turn around and
    And see a bright light.
    I start towards the light
    But then I hear your voice calling
    My name over and over again.
    An angel appears in
    Front of me and tells
    Me to return,
    That it’s not my time to die.
    I turn back and return
    To my body.
    Opening my eyes I smile up at you.
    I tell you that I love you and that
    It’s not time for me to die yet.

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    laydbak1 commented on My Experience with Death

    06-10-2009

    A very grizzly read to this... turning a traumatic event into a love story... i hate thinking of subjects like this, but then... perhaps they're reminders that maybe i should pay them more attention... you wrote it well...

    Reinn

    08/12/2010

    thank you, i was very blessed to have not stayed dead on that day, someone up above was looking out for me and knew i was still needed, for that i am thankful every day.

    WesleyzGirl1989 commented on My Experience with Death

    05-03-2009

    WOW! AMAZING!! (10)

    Reinn

    08/12/2010

    im glad you like it ^^

    In science one tries to tell people, in such a way as to be understood by everyone, something that no one ever knew before. But in poetry, it's the exact opposite.

    Franz Kafka (1883-1924) Czech writer.

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