NOT YET

I'm dead.

At least I think I am...

Oh, now you come?

Where were you?

When I curled up in a corner
And cut myself?

Eventually,
I became numb to the pain.
The whole world fading into sweet sounds of nothing.

My eyes may be gone,
But I see clearer more than I ever did.
You don't see?

I can tell.
I wish you could experience this bliss I feel,
Floating in a never ending abyss of darkness.

The world around me is soundless,
But I can only hear one melody.

Just one...

And it's you...

...calling my name

Saying,

'Not yet.'

I see your hand,
White as snow,
Reach out,
through the thick darkness.

Like a whale breaching,
I gasp for air.
The breath filling my entire lungs.

I open my eyes and see you,

Staring at me with such love,

I think I cried.

All I know is,

My time...

...is not yet