My blood-shot eyes blink away existence <br />Unfamiliar voices roll through my brain <br />Gravity’s unseen hands pull me to the earth <br />I find their spell far too charming to fight. <br /> <br />Awful bells start to toll in my head, they play <br />Their terrible tune of death, so seductively <br />A searing light of pure white beats at my face <br />As the tolling draws me closer to it’s calling. <br /> <br />I ascend into a white tunnel shining above me <br />But my body stays on the cold, hard ground <br />I’m so free from the burden of my fleshy clothing <br />So naked and fragile, like a screaming newborn. <br /> <br />My heart’s rhythmic beating calls to me longingly <br />I fall back into the warm sanctuary of my body <br />I take a breath and feel so blessed to still be alive <br />But all I can think about is the searing white light.<br /><br />J.A McManus<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/white-light-a-free-verse-poem/
