New Year’s Day in ’12

I awoke on my pallet

with a dark shadow over my body,

suffocating me with its nebulous soulless claws. 

It penetrated me down the womb, 

charging it with gloom and fear.

My mind was melting, 

sinking to the ground by gravity’s force

and my thirst for ventilation through my esophagus

was so unbearable,

I prayed for a sip of

nectarous breath of honeydew air. 

Just one more breath, before I go. 

Please, just one more. 

One more breath. 

•

Thereupon, an angel of light appeared

and invited me to join her on an enterprise,

a cave full of immense beauty. 

She whispered in my ear,

“Sweet child, remember to breathe.  

Stay calm and stay brave.

Everything is going to be okay as long as you believe”

Her cold breath gave me chills

straight to the center of my naval cavity.

Suddenly, she kissed my pale lips

filling my lungs with the purest,

most organic air,

for I have only inhaled the oxygen

from a polluted sky.

Her long silver hair tickled my nose

as she stepped aside,

manifesting every color of the universe,

and she named it love.

•

She gave me a choice. 

“To forgive, and to love, then you shall survive a celestial life. 

Or to allow hatred infest a parasite inside you, then you shall become the creature above your body. “

I closed my eyes

and planted my intentions

towards the galaxy glow

of enchantment inside my soul

and took a deep breath on my own. 

What felt like centuries,

was only seconds and I opened my eyes. 

I was returned to where I awoke,

back in this dimension

and I was happily breathing.