The White Light

As I woke up this morning, I saw nothing but a white light.

I wasn’t in my bed, but the light was unusually comforting.

I began to stand, when someone beside me called:

‘Wait!’

They could have been a man or a woman. I couldn’t tell in the near blinding light.

‘Please wait for me. I’m nervous to go up there alone’

They grabbed my hand, and I realised what was happening. Tears streamed as I remembered things I had lost forever.

Angelic voices sang, beckoning me.

‘Don’t cry’ said the person beside me. ‘At least we’re not going to Hell’