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<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=390785" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>I Cheated Death.</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">Suddenly all went cold<br>And of my mother's hand I took hold<br>I held on like a drowning man would a lifeline<br>For I knew this might be the end of my timeline<br>And there in the corner he stood<br>Bright silvery robes, a golden cord around his waist, there he stood<br>Shoulder length hair as golden as the sun's rays<br>Eyes bluer than the Caspian, bronze skin that hath no flaws<br>His feet shod in sandals<br>His presence brightened the candles<br>I felt a hope build inside<br>A fire rekindled inside<br>But as quickly as it came<br>The hope left and with it the fear came<br>As I looked in horror to the other corner<br>There she stood, crowned by darkness in the left corner<br>Her eyes the colour of blood<br>In a black robe of death she was clad<br>As I focused on her, I felt the life leave me<br>Just as the anaconda squeezes the life out of its prey, the life left me<br>The odour of burning Sulphur filled the room<br>And with it an impeding gloom<br>I squeezed my mother's hand ‘til it hurt<br>Every breath I took hurt<br>I tried to tell my mother I loved her<br>But all that came out was a croak<br>Slowly the woman in the left corner removed her cloak<br>Revealing a crown of long fiery hair<br>Her eyes fixed on me in an evil stare<br>Her blood red lips parted in a smile<br> A smile so evil it shouldn't be called a smile<br>I turned to the other corner seeking comfort from my angel and this evil evade<br>But woe unto me he had slowly began to fade<br>And with him, the light<br>Impeding my sight<br>I felt my body consumed by a cloud of darkness<br>And at that moment, I felt the presence of death in the darkness<br>Funny how in the movies they tell you to stay away from the light<br>How I longed to see a light<br>For I knew the darkness would only lead to more pain<br>I shut my eyes hoping that when I opened them again<br>My angel would be there telling me it's alright<br>Bringing back hope and light<br>But lo and behold as I re-opened mine eyes<br>There I lay, in my hospital bed my mother looking on with wet eyes<br>She told of how I almost died<br>Of how my breathing stopped but her hope never died<br>I sat up in wonder looked to the right and there my angel stood<br>In fear, I turned to the left, and she too in her shroud of evil, stood<br>Her eyes blazing with anger<br>For death had been cheated and left with a deep hunger<br>And I knew, she would be back<br>And then it struck me, <br>Death never leaves empty handed<br>That's when I saw the nurses covering the old woman's body across<br>With a white sheet and a priest making the sign of a cross<br>Once again, death did reap <br>And it is inevitable that she will return to reap<br>Her taste of fruit, the unripe fruit...</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Esperanza+Chilupula">Esperanza Chilupula</a><div class=q>
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And of my mother's hand I took hold
I held on like a drowning man would a lifeline
For I knew this might be the end of my timeline
And there in the corner he stood
Bright silvery robes, a golden cord around his waist, there ..."></div>
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