Pain and Peace

Pain rushing through like white hot streams of lava
wind whirling about in a never ending tunnel of impending doom
stars flash in view
zip by in streaks
fall down...down...down and then
zoom back into the air and out of sight
more wind, more whirling...
more pain, more rushing...
lava, streaming
water comes
steam arises
and the pain!
it wont stop rushing!
wont stop hitting harder and harder until
theres nothing left to hit!
the never ending onslaught of pounding and jabs
stabs and slashings
pinpricks and impalings!
the pain is gone...
the lava keeps rushing
rushing down and around and pooling at the bottom in thick red puddles
the wind begins to pick up
as the pain continues to die
the stars return momentarily
hovering in the line of vision
they begin to grow...
zipping around, flashing here and there
growing ever more
zipping and flashing and flashing and zipping
falling and rising and rising and falling
and growing throughout it all!
the light is overbearing
it engulfs
it warms
the wind picks up!
and whats this? the lava...
the lava is gone
the pain is fully dead
and the stars, the stars are everywhere!
look! there! every thing is gone!
every piece of every thing!
every pinprick
every jab
every everything!
the light...oh the light
how wonderful it is!
perhaps...perhaps if one were to reach out
perhaps then all would be well
oh to do so!
oh what wonders!
contact
light
stars and warmth!
the stars! and the wind!
the wind, is it really?
is the wind really lifting?
the wind and the stars!
the stars and the light!
the light...the light and the warmth!
oh how warm it is!
oh how wonderful!!
rapture, joy! wonderful wonders!
wonders...wonderful wonders....

....and joy....oh the joy....
and...and then...

......peace