The Words Of That Angel

The pitcher winds up to throw the first pitch. it’s a fast ball right over the plate and I take a swing.1

“STRIKE ONE!” The umpire yells as I take a swing and miss.2

I couldn’t seem to get what happened out of my mind. It played over and over again like a bad commercial on TV it never seemed to go away.3

The pitcher winds up again, another fast ball right over the plate. One I could have hit so easily.4

“STRIKE TWO” The umpire yells as all I hit was air.5

My head just isn’t in the game tonight I guess. All I could think about was what happened that day. I couldn’t stop thinking about what the doctor had said to me earlier that day. How the doctor told me that monster might take me to. His words kept playing in my head I couldn’t focus on that pitch.6

“STRIKE THREE! YOUR OUT! THAT’S GAME!” The umpire yelled as I took one last swing at that ball with all my might, but yet I failed.7

I let them down once again, but I couldn’t get that doctor out of my mind. What he said, the words they echo. Slowly tearing me apart. I just wanted to escape if only for a moment and go back to what really mattered. I was a straight A student, I was a jock, I was popular. But no one saw what I tried to hide, the pain I feel the one eating me on the inside. All I wanted to do was escape. So I ran to a place where rivers run and rocks shine. Where grass grows and trees are tall. Where you can barley see the sky, but you can hear the birds chirping. The songs they play so beautiful. That’s when I dropped to my knees and looked toward the sky.8

“Lord, why did you do this to me? Is it because I turned my back to you? Is it because of prom night, because we didn’t wait to get a marriage license? Why did you plant this cancer in me, why did you let it grow?! Why wont you answer me!! I turned my back on you because you didn’t care!! Now when I come to you for answers you show me the same reason why I turned my back!!”9

As I lay there with tears streaming down my face the clouds began to part and a angel showed her face. She kneeled down beside me, what a beautiful creature. Her hair so long, her eyes of blue were like a ocean. Her skin so white and her wings so gold. She looked up to me and told me.10

“My son, the Father has sent me down to remind you of the truth. The cancer in you was not a way to punish you. It is to show you the truth in life the real meaning. It is to teach you to value all you have, cause one day all you have could be gone. It is to show you there’s good in all and all are sinners.”11

With these words the angle touched my shoulder only long enough to feel the light within my soul. Then when I looked upon the skies, I saw this beautiful creature was no longer there and the rain began to fall.12

The words of the angel echoed in my head, as I took a final step off that shinning rock. And as my body entered the blues of the sea, it felt like a blanket was wrapped around me. As my soul left my cancer filled body, that blanket of water tucked me in for a finally nights rest. One from which I will never awake from.13