'After' life...

Surprisingly, the shock
of the icy snow
beneath my body
didn't prevent me from
sliding down into
unconsciousness.

I was skiing in the creamy laps
of a mountain clad in milky snow,
when I heard the deafening roar 
of a hundred gigantic jet engines.
A monster was all I saw,
stirring up years after it went extinct.

Gravity fueled the beast's rage
as it ravaged everything on its way,
speeding towards me faster than I could think
and before I could turn back and try to flee,
it had me smothered inside its colossal heart.

Little do I know what happened to me next
but I could see a humanly figure—its gaze fixed on me.
That voice still rings in my ears:
The day you make a thousand akin you smile,
I will welcome you to my land
for I don't want an inch of your sinful soul
spoiling the sanctity of my holy home.

It told me I was given a second chance
to relive the purpose for which I was sent to Earth—
To be kind to every species, not just man
and spread my original mother tongue—the sweetest of them all—
the language of love.

I can still see that radiant smile
vanishing inside the chill of the snow.
Soon I was blinded by the sun rays so warm.
They had dug me up from this icy grave,
only to redeem me as a man.
I was born all over again.

Written for "The Writer's Cramp"   by Sophy