David Kavanagh Poet Free verse

Worse Case Scenario

Lights come back on, did I blink, or did I die
A screen or something resembling one, 
kind of firmament appears ahead

I’m urged not forced, go take a walk through 
memories, images, echoes, familiar voices, flicker all around 
This was my life, must be over now, over and done 

Could this be judgment day, or another weird dream
Just then, a broken child comes along, 
Now let’s see, I’m you, your me, 
We’re the same but different, changed by time 

Hey he says, you remember that time,
falling from the big tree on holiday 
want to watch it again, 
Sure why not, wasn’t that bad
But this time, I don’t get back up
My parents are crying frantically and I’m not breathing 
Yeah I died that day, says the child
No I got back up, bloodied and bruised,
I tell my younger self 
not in my timeline I’m afraid, 
This is an alternate reality 
You mean I died, and dreamt my whole life in some kind of coma,

No every eventuality that could have happened, does happen 
Welcome to infinity 
Welcome to behind deaths membrane

Hello! here comes another me along, I’m a teenager
and there’s an axe buried in my head

I could never figure out, how that bastard missed. 

By
David Kavanagh

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Jenna Logan May 23, 2021 at 9:10 AM David, did you have a nightmare or an experience that prompted these lines? They're so very dismal, but profoundly exposed. Well done. David Kavanagh May 23, 2021 at 11:19 AM No nightmare Jenna, this is a trip down the infinity universe route, into it’s inevitable conclusion, that any and every eventuality, can and will happen, I’ve had some brushes with death over my lifetime, this is just an alternative outcome, that so easily could’ve played out, 1 second or 1 inch either way, but hey it’s just a poem I think, cheers David

Sotto Poet May 22, 2021 at 3:52 PM What awesome and strong symbolism and imagination! Consequently, David, you seemed happier thinking that you would see Judgement Day anyway and was much more secure in his next dream as a result. We'll bear that in mind. However, things happen that weren't planned, which is why we like taking the ax of the head and living our lives fully. David Kavanagh May 23, 2021 at 1:03 AM Thank you Lasaad upon pondering the near misses and close shaves I’ve had in life, got me thinking about infinity and the deadly consequences of taking a left or right turn to reach a certain destination, or indeed any minute decision we make, changing life’s outcome, a stretch of the imagination perhaps, but one the concept of an infinite universe brings, cheers David