[ WP ] You just had a very close near death experience . You are shaken up—not because of what happened , but what you saw before you were brought back .

The cold washed over my body, like being plunged into the ocean. A gurgle caught deep in my throat as I struggled to open my eyes. The light seared through my eyelids. 
 
 The accident was still fresh in my mind, but it began to blur with the sounds around me. The car horn dissolved into a repetitive beep. A woman ’ s cries, whose name I had now forgotten, turned into bated breath. Panting. 
 
 Warm skin touched against mine. Soft as silk. Honey and milk. I pried my eyes open as the last of the hard concrete floor tarnished with blood slipped from my mind. Replaced by two deep brown eyes, that stared into mine. 
 
 I began to cry, as my mother cupped my tiny face against her hand. Her smile quivered, as the beeps grew further in between. My breath was short. I was barely able to open my eyes. Hands wrapped around my body. 
 
 Darkness engulfed me, blocking my ears and filling my lungs. 
 
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 Pain erupted from my leg as I tried to sit up. I gasped for breath, my vision blurring as I returned to consciousness. The rain fell in sheets catching the yellow light that bled from the street lamps. An ambulance sung in the far off distance. 

