Phantom Words

At That Point Clots Bulging In My Left Ventricle Raced Toward My Brain And The More Anxious I Became As My Heart Rate Climbed The More Each Beat Cleared The Clots From My Arm.That'S When My World Darkened And My Mind Escaped My Body. I Saw My Physical Being From A Few Feet Above Standing With A Friend.I'M Right Here I Thought In Awe But I'M Also Right Over There.I Was Staring At The Shell Of Myself But I Couldn'T Approach It. I Had No Physical Feeling As You Would With A Body. This Is It I Thought Strangely Growing Peaceful Among The Chaos That Moments Earlier Had Racked My Brain. I No Longer Have To Wonder How I'Ll Die.I Fully Knew I Was Dying And I Wasn'T Shocked. A Clear Understanding That I Teetered Between Life And Death Enveloped Me. From Behind A Warm Blanket Of Serenity Overwhelmed My Senses And A Powerful Feeling To Fall Back And Surrender To The Tranquility Engulfed Me.It'S Ok It'S Beautiful The Serenity Beckoned. Just Lay Down.But An Overwhelming Urge - Knowing With All Of My Heart That God Needed Me On Earth For A Rebirth And A Life Of His Service - Kept Me From That Final Peaceful Surrender. I Rushed Back To My Body Where Noise And Babbling Suddenly Drowned The Perfect Peace Of Moments Earlier.Like Many Scientists Before This Life-Changing Stroke To Be Certain Of Something I Needed Hard Data. Evidence. Proof. Something I Could Measure. Heaven Can Be An Abstract Concept For Sure. Before The Stroke I Wanted To Touch Heaven Feel It For Proof Of Its Existence. In A Sense I Got What I Asked For. Ted Odom