Mystical Non-Fiction Challenge
A Mystical Encounter with Rosie
The night God sent Rosie to deliver a message
And there I was
in a synaptic blink
asleep-awake
a lightning rod of anxiety
shocking my solar plexus
a mighty thump
so intense
the mattress tremored
like an earthquake
then the aftershock
a bolus of adrenalin
direct into my heart
caught my breath
in a clinch
tensed every muscle fibre
I lay in the dark
stunned-afraid
my lived reality
of the past few days
crushing me
like a dry-roasted bean
in a coffee grinder
Please God don’t let him die
Not now
I just couldn’t bear it
Visions of my dad
gowned in ghostly white
upon a hospital bed
his tissue-thin skin
grey as grim death
flatlining