Traveling thru an indefinite blue-gray haze
on the verge of becoming rain
It's increasing thickening density raising
the pressure in my face
Pushing ninety down the highway
ears pop as the altitudes change
Rising up to view the static exchange
tween the heavens and the earth
on this day of winter solstice

My soul has been pulled here
by some force
To the edge of the highest cliff
farthest from my son..sun

And out of the sky
the crack of a whip
my singed skin glowed
The purple plasma tipped
crisp bolt dripped quick
through my head to my toe
God struck me so
only she and I know
how the warmth within me overflowed
melting a circular pattern in the snow

A fathers low moan
alone
mimicking the groan
of the cold wind
deep valley drone

..My pupils dilated back
absorbing again the navy night shadows
A woman cloaked in velvety black
walked up behind from the edge of the pine
Pulled her veil to the side
revealing lips red as wine
Her mouth moved quickly
I could tell she was singing
Though I've been deafened by this ringing
in my ears
it seemed
she was frightful of something
and when she revealed her face unto me
I knew I'd seen it in a dream
She grabbed my wrist
kissed my knuckles
and leapt into the ravine

My own screams were muffled by the vapor in the air
I knew she was gone but still felt her there

Perhaps my brain had fried
was there a her at all
for I only saw her briefly
and I never heard her fall
Or maybe I had died

In that moment came omniscience
I looked down into the abyss
..
began my final descent