I watch her kneeling eyes closed not on a pew in a church or a temple but out in the open on the mountaintop Her lips moving silently I wonder, why is she here? She is not a native A foreigner Come to &quot;pray&quot;.... No...she is real. I can tell, I can always tell. I am the Keeper I can tell She prays, looking serene I concentrate god she says god, i love you Over and over, she says it i love you.... take me back I gasp and kneel I do not pray to this &quot;god&quot; but I am aware of his power A power that causes a beam of light to rise from her body to the sky She smiles one smile and crumples The beam thickens, then thins, then dies A man comes rushing over A doctor! A doctor! He yells. I look on For I know that she did not die He took her back He took her back and she smiled.... 2007-09-24T02:04:10Z http://ficlets.com/feed/story/10114 <p>Oh wow. I&#8217;ve got goosebumps.</p> http://ficlets.com/stories/10114?basename=13952 2007-09-24T02:04:10Z [pens&feathers] http://ficlets.com/authors/rhapsodyyinblu <p>Great.</p> http://ficlets.com/stories/10114?basename=13947 2007-09-24T01:17:55Z Stovohobo http://ficlets.com/authors/stovohobo