light as a feather and quieter than snow, your angel flits and flurries through your life, engaged in all your concerns...
I could see the bright lights of the hospital glowing through my eye lids, making them glow pink from the inside like when you sunbathe on a sunny day.
A gun, that's the last thing I remember.. oh and rain.
That explains the bright lights then, I'm in hospital.
But I couldn't smell the nasty smell that's given off the highly sterile place.
There was no pain either, they must have doped me up on something pretty strong because I felt fine, no amazing in fact.
I couldn't hear any nurses or doctors or complaining patients around either, I must have stuck lucky and got a private room, saving me from listening to the inane chatter of all the other neglected Patients crammed in one ward.
Opening my eyes was a challenge; the light was so bright it hurt, so it took me a while to adjust, I slowly opened one eye at a time and blinking furiously trying to clear the mistiness.
I couldn't see anything! Only an immense brightness, it was like I was floating! There was nothing around me; I couldn't make out where the light began and where it ended!
It must be the drugs.. I told myself over and over trying to calm myself.
I opened and closed my eyes over and over still seeing the same thing.
Looking down at myself came as a shock – I was, wearing a white dress!
I lifted my arms out in front of me; they jingled with all the gold bangles that were hanging off my wrists.
This was not what I'd been wearing, and this was defiantly not a hospital.
I wasn't even standing on anything that looked like or even resembled a floor… just standing on light.
This is it. I was dead and I was in Limbo. Serves me right. I was going to be stuck here for all eternity, left alone with just my thoughts.
"Ah your awake beloved" The beautiful voice made me jump, if there was a ceiling, im sure I'd have to be scraped off it.
Oh shit, and now im hearing voices. Great!
"Don't fear" The voice was infections it was so light and loving, it filled me instantly with warmth. Washing away any nervous feelings that were welling.
"Are you not going to speak to me?" Tiny bells starting tinkling. No wait. It was the girls voice.. she was giggling!
The impossibly bright white light ahead got even brighter and I had to shield my eyes from it although it wasn't painful.
I squinted my eyes to try and catch a glimpse of what was happening; ever so slowly I could see something forming out of the light, like it was just appearing from nowhere.
Two large white objects grew more and more defined and eventually I could make out.. Feathers!
A glow beamed out from between the two large feathery things – dare I say wings – and suddenly a little girl was visible.
Her golden blonde hair was dressed in ringlets arranged beautifully on top of her head, with gold bands holding it all place. Her elegant figure was perfectly wrapped in creamy white linen, and her bare legs and feet were flawless.
Holy crap! It's an angel!
She smiled at me, her cherry pink lips stretched across her impeccably white teeth
- obviously not a smoker - I thought.
The beautiful angel – there was no other word I could use - held out her hand, I couldn't take my eyes off her. Her flawless skin just glowed like there was a light that had been turned on inside her.
I snapped out of my trance when I heard a little swishing sound, like you'd hear when leaves on a tree blow in the summer breeze, and then I realized it was the feathers of her wings that were ruffling while she was waiting for me to take her hand.
"Don't be Afraid" She edged forward slightly. "My name is Bethany. Im hear to take you through, you cannot stay in here. C'mon we're all waiting for you"
she smiled again.
I had so many questions swirling around in my mind, I didn't know what one to ask first, so I thought I'd just go with the easiest.
"Where am i?"
There was a musical sound.. whaoh! Was that me! My voice wasn't even rough or cracking!
Then the tinkling bells started again.
"Silly" Bethany giggled. "You're in heaven. Please come with me Nancy, no harm will come to you here."
Jesus! – oops I shouldn't be thinking that – she knows my name!
She stepped closer to me her perfect arm still outstretched.
And then - like I hadn't been taught to be weary of people you don't know, and stay well clear of dodgy looking people - I stepped forward and took her hand, instantly I was engulfed by a flash of warm light.
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