Life After Death
As the irritating, yet monotonous beeps of the life-monitor in the
emergency room began to slowly die away, George struggled to hang on. It's not
my time yet, he thought. Please, give me just one more day
The beeps soon
became increasingly far in between, while the doctors frantically bustled on in
a futile attempt to stabilize the dying man like a bunch of panicking bees
trying to save their doomed hive from a pouring rain. The world turned hazy,
then completely dark, as George felt himself slowly floating into the darkness.
He flew and flew without end. Then there was the light - that infamous "light
at the end of the tunnel." (Randles 2) It gave out a strange, comforting warmth
that enveloped him, easing his fears and relieving all doubts. George somehow
knew what to do - to just let go. He felt quite at home.
Back on earth, the rhythmic, mechanical beeps suddenly turned into a
solid, continuous high E, signaling the end. George was about to cross......
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