Who Am I?
The glaring light encases her in a world of white,
and a harsh winds rushes past,
yet she feels no chill.
Up above she sees herself flying in the light,
she still wears the hospital gown and paper slippers,
her hair snow white and spindly,
her eyes are lined with crows feet,
her skin wrinkled and aged.
But she is smiling,
for the first time in a long time a true genuine smile.
There is no pain here,
her breath comes easy as if there had never been a tumor in her lung.
Then she sees her self change.
The wrinkles begin to smooth out not quite gone but they are no longer gorges on her face,
her hair becomes glosser and,
her crows feet look as if they are only starting to appear,
the deep blue veins receade back into the healthy tinge of pale skin,
she is 60.
Her body becomes firm and she could see the outlines of muscles on her arms and teighs,
her hair grows to her back and is a sleek brown,
her tan is back and so is her strength,
she is 50.
Her body becomes plump a long shop form the skeletal husk she had been,
her hair is longer now and it billows all around in the wind,
she is 40.
And she reachs her 30's younger,
then her 20's just barly an adult.
Her strong jaw receeds and baby fat rounds her face,
her hair is blond,
her body no more then 5 foot,
she is 10.
Then she is an infant a generic baby.
Her skin goes transparent and begins to fade in in its place a brilliant white light
a thousand suns shimmering
she is no longer Carla Hughs
she is Carl Ryan a boy from Oklahoma,
the cheetah that died defending her cubs from a herd of gazelle
the fly that was hit with the fly swater
frighned Sarah Jones killed by her kid napper
Yuki Zu a nurse serving in World War 1
an Zumm'd from a distant planet
and so many others
She knows what is to happen next soon she will reach the impass
a mybrid of tunnels
each transporting the souls of the dead to there next life
to take her to her next who.
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