Near-Death Experiences

Mary McGrath
American Haiku
Published in
1 min readOct 17, 2021

What really happens?

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I have been doing a lot of reading about people who have had near-death experiences. For those who have gone through an NDE, there seems to be a universal consensus as to what takes place when we get close to death.

These haikus are devoted to that.

For those of you who would like to read more about what has happened to some people I have known, you can read their stories here.

What are we here for?
As we unload our body,
Spirits soar upward.

Dead on the table,
I see you operating,
I’m not here or there.

She said the white light
Made her not want to return
Back into mortal.

Near-death encounter,
She hears “It’s not your time yet.”
Gone is the white light.

A loud whoosh of sound,
Her relatives in the room.
Soon she will reach them.

From what I have read,
Universal peace and light
We should all have that.

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Mary McGrath
American Haiku

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