4 Feet Up

There he lay with a blank stare.

Because his skin color was so dark, no one could tell that death was in the air.

Oh, my God.

What did he see?

What did he do?

Was he that wicked in his past?

No one had a clue.

In his youth, was he filled with hate?

Something was wrong, because he was dying alone.

And, the demons were waiting to take him away to Hell’s Gate.

God’s angels we’re not there to take him.

His physical body was not steady.

At the brink of death was a fear that no mortal man should ever experience.

In unison, his entire body lifted off the bed 4 feet up.

As far as entering the gates of hell, he was not ready.