Tempted By Love

Margo (P.O.V) Out of the blue a bright yellow light appears before me. I raised my hand over her eyes, trying to shade them from this bright light coming closer to me. At the same time it seems to be drawing me closer to it like a magnet. I find myself drifting towards it when suddenly I can't stand it anymore. I shut my eyes and the next moment I find myself standing in a peaceful green field filled with the most beautifully bright colored flowers I’ve ever seen. The soft breeze blows over me; I take a moment to close my eyes and take it all in. Inhaling a deep breath and releasing it, I feel like a weight has lifted off me. I can’t remember the last time I felt so free like this, without a care in the world. Is this place real? Where am I? I ask myself. I open my eyes and take my time studying my surroundings, when once again the flowers catch my attention. I began walking towards them to get a better look. The closer I got I noticed them swaying like they were dancing to music. The more I watched them, the more mesmerized I became. As I continue walking closer to the dancing flowers, I can hear a chorus of voices singing. I look around to see where it's coming from. But I didn't see anyone in sight. I continue walking in the direction of the voices and become distracted by the dancing flowers. While admiring the pretty pink, purple, yellow, orange and blue flowers closest to me, curious to know what they felt like, I reached out to touch them. Amazed at the smooth velvet feeling and this overflowing joy that suddenly fills my heart, I start giggling feeling like a child again. I notice the more I touch the flowers, the more joy fills my heart and the louder the voices become. Alarmed at the sound of the voices, I pulled my hand back. Focusing again on the source of the voices, I bend down closer to the sound and listen for a bit, just to discover that the voices are coming from the flowers. I step back, amazed at what I am looking at. I can't believe my ears or my eyes; this has to be a dream. While still trying to make sense of what was happening, I heard my mom’s voice calling me from behind. I am frozen to the spot, not sure what is happening. I quickly recovered and turned around slowly to see my mom standing there in a white flowing dress that reached her knees. Looking at me with this happy content look on her face, her eyes are twinkling and her lips are spread in a bright smile. “Welcome, my child.” She says to me with her arms stretched open wide. I cannot believe my eyes as they begin welling up with tears; I run to her open arms as she wraps her arms around me. Minutes pass by with us holding each other before she lifts her hand, and strokes my hair in a soothing, loving way. Speaking in a soft gentle voice, she tells me how much she misses me, how much she loves me, and reassures me that everything will be just fine. I feel like I am a little girl again, taking comfort in my mother's arms. After some time has passed, I recollect myself remembering where we are to ask, “Mom, where are we?” She smiles at me and says, “I came to visit you for a short while, not many people get this opportunity to see their loved ones before they pass on.” I’m looking at her, confused, trying to make sense of what she is saying. “Am I dead?” I ask her in confusion. She smiles at me “No you are not.” she replies. “What is the place called?” I ask, hoping to make sense of what is happening. “We are in the Paridom Kingdom. Think of it as a waiting room or a place in between the heavens and earth.” she explains. “Wait, how is this possible? How are we able to meet? This is too much to take in..” I ask all at once, while going into panic mode. “Calm down, I will try and explain as much as I can but we don't have much time.” she tells me as she pulls me over to sit on a bench that was not there a moment ago. “I’m only here because I put in a request to speak to you for a few minutes; this is how this is made possible. I’ve been waiting for a long time, looking down and watching you, I could see how hurt and lost you were. I had to do something to get you on the right path. As it happens, now is the time.” She takes a moment before she continues. “Listen to me, baby. I can't explain everything, but I need you to know that you are strong and beautiful. You have all you need inside of you to fight and survive. Remember everything I taught you and don't forget that you have God in your corner.” Just then the bright light appeared and surrounded us and I was overwhelmed with this intense feeling of love. At that moment I knew how loved I was. I could feel my broken heart begin to heal and suddenly all that pain I carried from when my mother passed away became lighter. I reached out and hugged my mom and the moment our bodies touched, I was vacuum sucked out of the Paridom Kingdom into a white room. There were 3 tables in the room and 3 teams of people surrounding these tables dressed in blue and green scrubs…. Wait a minute, these are teams of doctors and nurses. This looks like an operating theater and there are patients on the tables being worked on. I can hardly hear the voices because I’m still recovering from being vacuum sucked between kingdoms. Their voices are faint in her ears; as I look around the room, wondering what I am doing here, my mind is brought back to the patient lying on the table. Although it's faint, I can feel a connection to this person. I’m not able to see the person due to the nurse blocking the person's face while bending over to check the monitors. Guessing who it could be, I feel drawn to them, looking down I realize that my body is slowly floating towards the person. The closer I get to the table, the faster my heart pumps that there is even a beating drum sound in my ears; I know something is not right. I stop floating about 3 meters away from the table, when the nurse blocking the patient's face moves aside. My eyes widen in shock at what I’m seeing. It's me! It's me! It's me! I repeat it in my head. A feeling of fear and dread was over me as I was rooted to the spot watching the scene before my eyes in disbelief. My body goes numb and a moment later my memory floods my mind as it all comes back to me. When I finally realize what is happening, a few minutes later, my body begins to gain feeling again; my mind begins to make sense of the situation. The realization that the Dr has already delivered the babies hits me immediately. Excitement begins to fill my heart as I look to my right towards the two smaller tables. That's when tiny feet kicking in the air catch my attention. Joy overflowing and excitement fills my heart the closer I step towards the tables. I will be seeing my babies for the first time. Standing at the head of the tables, I’m smiling down, looking at my two beautiful princesses. They each have thick chestnut brown hair; they are fair-skinned and have big cute green eyes. One is smaller than the other and as I’m admiring their features, a beeping sound comes off from the machine connected to the smaller baby. I go into a panic while watching the team do their best to help my baby but I can see the defeat on their faces moments before the step back from the table, and I can see the straight flat line on the machine. I am screaming at them to carry on and save my baby, but it's no use, they can’t see or hear me. A wave of exhaustion washes over me and I feel like I have no fight left in me. Looking down at my body, I realize I’m turning see-through, like I’m slipping away, once again I’m vacuum-sucked into darkness.