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jwesley
Member Rara Avis

since 2000-04-30

Posts 7563
Spring, Texas

0 posted 2013-05-26 11:08 AM

Spectre

I begged for mercy
at the end of my dream.
Begged to wake-up
and find out
I was still alive,
because Death
had grabbed my soul
and was twisting it,
unmercifully.

And the pain.
The pain
was unbearable,
Death's scythe
firmly lodged against
my final breath,
begging me
to breathe,
one more time.

I cried.
Nothing
had prepared me
for this.
Nothing . . .
I screamed!
The agony ripped
across my chest . . .

We have a pulse, doctor.
Blood pressure's
coming up.
80/40 . . . 90/60, 110/70

Thank God, I heard the doctor say.
Thank God.

© wesley james beard, jr.
may 2013

JerryPat2
Member Laureate

since 2011-02-06

Posts 16975
South Louisiana

1 posted 2013-05-26 12:43 PM

I remember passing out in the doctor's waiting room a few years ago and it wasn't a dream. I could tell the doctor and a lot of people were around me, and hearing the doctor say, "I can't find a pulse, I CAN'T FIND A PULSE! In my mind I thought I was going to die. So you wrote one that is very personal to me.

~*~ The Energizer bunny was arrested and charged with battery. ~*~

ebonygirl
Member Elite

since 2011-07-14

Posts 2000
California U.S.A

2 posted 2013-05-26 01:39 PM

I have never felt this, J, but your poem put me
there, right next to the doctor.
Well done,
Ms. E

Margherita
Member Seraphic

since 2003-02-08

Posts 22236
Eternity

3 posted 2013-05-26 04:47 PM

You really take my breath away with this one ... suspense till the last moment.

Well said!

Margherita

Marchmadness
Member Rara Avis

since 2007-09-16

Posts 9271
So. El Monte, California

4 posted 2013-05-26 10:14 PM

Powerful and "scary" write, Jimmy. Haven't been there either but your words do bring it home Ida

Lighthousebob
Member Elite

since 2000-06-14

Posts 4725
California

5 posted 2013-05-29 02:19 PM

Yeah, whew, that's a Scary dream. One of those you wake up from in a deep deep sweat. Yeah, whew, agreed, Thank God!

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