I thought I heard a sound outside
At the edge of my perception
I could not make it out clearly
Nor tell from which direction

But then I heard it once again
There was no mistaking this
This sound had no clear word for it
But was a sound I couldn’t dismiss

Its droning became incessant
It was time to take a look
I opened up the outside door
Immediately, my body shook

I shook quite uncontrollably
And soon my limbs felt numb
I tried to turn to go inside...
Hey…where did they come from!

A blazing light turned night to day
Something hit me like a bolt
A beam, plumb unescapable
Delivered quite a jolt

Somehow, I heard them say “relax”
And found I shook no more
As they approached…more like a zoom
I dreaded what was in store

Thankfully, I still had faculties
Muscle movement, I seemed to lack
That’s when my eyes closed
All went black
Next I knew, I was on my back

I saw movement all about
They appeared in a blue haze
Didn’t know if I’d been here for minutes
Or whether it had...