LIFE IS A GIFT, USE IT WISELY

I felt inspired to write this piece today. I had no idea it would be this long or beautiful or meaningful, I just wrote the first line, and the rest came pouring. . .

It came to me as a Shadow,
Could hardly see it through the Window,
Traces of humanity hovered behind the lights,
If not humanity it certainly was some sort of life,
To say what is seen is suicidal even more at night,
Staring at the silence, listening to my sight,
Fear leaves my head and enters my mind, it grips my entirety, my sanity is lost,
Behind the Windows felt safe no more as the shadows;
Strong and Defying, Monstrous and Consuming,  Grotesque and Frightful
Seemed to draw nearer to me with every breath I took....

I held my breath, but it didn't stop
I breathed faster, it came faster
I breathed slowly, it seemed to slow down....

But my heart was Racing, Pounding Red Hot BLOOD within my chest...
But my pulse was Rising Hard and Fast, Crashing and Recrashing as my Blue veins turned Red....
I couldn't move.
My Feets mimicked trees with roots deep rooted in the earth;
As strong as they felt, they moved not an inch response to my Fear and Fright,
"Paralysis" suddenly became the weapon of the Monsters Victory...
Like an Angel of Doom it took over me! ! !
My eyelids did not bat, not one inch of a part of me could move.

With Bulgy eyes to stare,
The Shadows grew Large and Monstrous before me as it dissolved my final defenses;
The Window, the Window that kept me from harms way Seemed to give way,
For it was there no more,
A puzzling mystery before my eyes as the Window willingly gave way to the mystical shadows,
As if in approval of its destruction of my entirety....

And then...

And then....

Slowly,

Then Largely,

Like a Thunder bolt ! ! ...

Like a Struck of Lightning ! ! !

Enraged as a Beast ! ! And Insane as a Bull,
It Devoured. . .
It Stampeded my entirety ! ! !

Arrrrrgggghhhh! !! !!! !!!!

I Screamed with Cold Blooded Brown Eyes on the top of my voice! !!!....
But it felt just like a muffled sound coming from a distance....

The Angel of Doom gave way, "Paralysis " gave way in monstrous flight,
And I Crumbled....
Weak and Lifeless fell I into a thousand pieces....
Being blown away as dried leaves before the wind...
Rustling within myself I listened, the colours started to fade before my eyes.
But then they were never colours,
Just large chunks of fear in different shapes and sizes,
I could see them no more. . . .
I could see nothing,
My eyes closed in Surrender as my lids covered them up...

Was it here at last ? ?

Death? ? ? ?

Is that you ? ? ? ??

Death? ? ?

Is that you? ? ? ??
Cold, Dark, Lonely,  Strange, Fear. . . .

Felt I nothing.

It was a moment Brief and Swift...
An Awakening in Death and Reawakening to Life,
I gasped for breath, grasping unto what I knew not,
My eyes opened. . . .
I was Alone, It was all in My Head,
Life still had a grip on me.
Oh ! ! ! Oh ! ! !
It was a visit. . . A Visit from the Shadows of the Underworld,
A visit from Death,
With greetings from Hades,
And a message from Eternity.  . . . . .

"Vita duno Sapienter uti"    (Latin)
"Life is a gift, use it wisely" .
                       

Author's Note

Critically examine.

Reviews

[ApKWrites]

Another great poem! I can't wait for the next one:)

[kanyinsola okafor]

Thanks a lot, much appreciated.