My father’s near death experience

I stand at the foot of the bed,
my eyes glued to the monitor
above him.
I count his heartbeats
as the machine records them.
I observe his blood pressure as it drops,
and then he dies.

The nurse rushes in,
responding to the machine’s alarming.
she shocks him
and gets his heart to beat.
The rest of her team arrives,
but she waves them off.

He looks at me and says, “
When I floated above you,
I knew I was out of my body,
for I could see it.
I could not touch it, asleep,
so it appeared.
I knew I would not escape this death.”

“But you did,” I say.

“Did you see that shadow man,
running around the walls?”

“No,” I say.  

He laughed.  

“What’s so funny?”
 
“I really showed him,” he says.
“I bet he’s angry about it.
I can’t say I blame him though.”