I Remember

I hold three magic rocks, in my hand Rolling them over and over and over Leaving this reality behind, far behind Where am I? What’s happening to me? What am I doing here? I try to remember, my mind is clouded with a terrible fear. I remember! I was lying in an operating theatre with lights shining down on me Slowly I recalled what had happened. I saw the oncoming tree Headlights blazed and then the darkness. I swerved but couldn’t stop I saw myself lying in the road, and then I saw a traffic cop. The light, the bright dazzling light was blinding me. Wondering in the ether, a restless nomadic spirit free. I moved in a slow and airless motional way Following my instincts I fought to stay The surgeons were trying to save me, I knew this But now I was free from pain and that was bliss I remember! I don’t know how I knew this. I was numb from the shock of it all I floated along the ether I heard the heavens call I was out of body and just a soul, a lost soul without a doubt I wanted to tell the surgeons, I was here but I couldn’t shout Was this the end? Oh no! This can’t be happening to me! Here I am I haven’t gone, I am still here can’t you see! The three magic rocks will save me won’t they? Where are they now I must find Were they just thoughts in a dying dream or a figment of my mind? The light is calling it wants me to go I follow the heavenly glow I am too young to leave this world oh please don’t make me go I remember! My journey isn’t over and I plead with the powers that be You don’t want me to go there yet, you really don’t need me I may not have been an angel but my heart is in the right place You can’t take me away from here; I am part of the human race As I travelled along to my destiny, whatever that may hold I felt myself being dragged along, I can’t die! I am not that old This is the end of my journey; I fear I may have died I don’t know what is in store for me, I really could have cried The light disappeared abruptly; drawn back to my body so Did those magic rocks save me? That I will never know (Entered in Constance La France's contest)