A trip down the stairs

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life

I slipped and tripped

Wearing dress socks and walking down the stairs 

The moment I flipped

I was shocked and caught unawares 

I think I broke my back and hip

The moment my head hit

My iPad left my hand I’m pissed

I’m never going be able to recover that playlist!

Thinking this is it

My life flashed before my eyes 

This the type of gift given a choice I’d never take the prize

Family and friends were all there a foreshadow of my demise?

This will take months to repair

It was crazy, hazy, I collected myself at the bottom of the stairs

Blessed like church folks with bumper stickers that arrogantly capture

That this car will be empty in the event of the rapture!

Sweet Love, Anita Baker, I feel no pain!

The dull sinus pressure that I’ve come know and expect

On account of seasonally allergies, was absence and difficult to neglect

The out of body experience you read about is impossible to explain

I heard my wife and daughter behind me scream out my name

I turned to see that my lifeless body was the spectacle of their fright

As my spirit became a manifestation of pure light

I instinctively thought to jump back into my former shell

Not thinking that I earned Heaven or was trying to avoid hell

My body rejected my soul with a shock of pure pain

Tormented by (what seemed like a lifetime) my family wailing my name

I prayed that they could see me but soon realized it was in vain...