ReBorn

ReBorn

I awoke.
The last thing I remembered was a searing pain, and Matts face.
Now he stood over me, white as a ghost –
I spoke:
“You look as if you have seen the devil!”
He had always been such a practical person. 

As  I reached out to touch him,  he slipped from my grasp.

I went to catch him.  My hand landed on the phone curled in his palm.  It showed a photo.

It was me.

And yet, it was not me –

A girl in flames,  shrouded by the night sky;

A girl who had passed over to another side..