Life Obliges

 Life Obliged

 

I could have asked Life to wait until I was anesthetized and numbed

be fore taking the scalpel to “me”...but I didn’t.

I just said, “Heal that which needs to be healed.”

Life obliged.

Without waiting for me to take a breath,

It sliced and violently tore all the eschar from the surface,

so the tender tissue beneath could breathe.

It hurt like hell and it made a bloody mess.

I cried in pain and resistance.

Life just smiled and said, “It is done.”

 

 

I could have asked for a slow and gentle draining away

of the plaque clogging my life force channels but I didn’t...

I just said, “Cleanse me of that which is in the way. Get this channel open.”

Life obliged.

It bit into my neck tearing away at flesh. It spit clot busters into my vessels

until I bled out from my carotid...leaving me empty and drained.

I cried out in pain and resistance.

Life just smiled and said, “It is done!”

 

 

I could have asked Life to gently neutralize the corrosive toxicity within me, but I didn’t...

I just said, “Get this poison out of me.”

Life obliged.

It shoved ipecac down my throat until I threw up toxins that burned just as much coming up as they did going down.  

I cried in pain and resistance.

Life just smiled and said, “It is done!”

 

I could have asked Life to be kinder to this “me” I was clinging so tightly to but I didn’t...

I just said, “Pull this thing that is weighing me down and holding me back away.”

Life obliged.

It pulled the remains of this false self from my face even though the mask seemed fused there.  It tore the costume off my body though it seemed to be my second skin.  It wiped my name from the marquee before knocking me off the stage.

It hurt like hell. I cried in pain and resistance.

Life just smiled and said, “It is done! You are free!”

Dale-Lyn, October 29, 2026