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I'm Still Here
It's dark. The air is still and crisp. I'm here but I'm not. I don't understand what's going on. I can hear each and every beat of my heart like a slow and steady drum. I hear voices and they are unfamilliar. Wh-Who are you? My voice? Where is it? H-hello? I can't speak. A bright light suddenly pierces through the dark. It's warm. My heart stops. Everything stops. It's just me and this light. A voice calls out to me. "Come" it says "Rise and come to me my child". Suddenly, I'm floating. I can see myself below. Doctors and nurses running around me. I'm hurt, hurt badly. What's going on? Am I dying? "You have been reborn, reborn into my kingdom." the voice says. The world below disappears. Me, the doctors and nurses, everything dissappears. I can hear my mom crying out. "My baby!" I feel her arms around my body, but she isn't touching me. Then I don't feel or hear her any more. Heaven? I turn around and see my uncle and my grandmother. "We've missed you, dear" they say. But how? You have been dead for years. They take me by the hands and lead me into my new home. My home of eternal light and life. Death. Bitter and yet so sweet. Reunions. Goodbyes. Sweet sorrow. Goodbye mother. I love you. Tell my boyfriend I said I was sorry that I couldn't come to the movies on Friday. Tell my sister I said to be good and don't cry. Tell the doctors thanks for trying. And tell the drunk driver who hit me, You are forgiven.
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