Brought to Light

 

I was a high-ranking official

In the United States Army.

Any further details

Would surely come back to harm me.

I must remain anonymous

Or else face the consequence.

But you would not believe

What -- who -- has come to visit us.

I have since returned to civilian life

Having retired my active stripes.

But there's a secret (still classified)

A secret I must bring to light.

One day on the base

I am delegated the assignment

To meet with a "foreign visitor"

Sequestered in confinement.

As the metal door opens

And cautiously I enter the room

It's as if I step into

A kaleidoscopic kaboom.

I struggle to fathom what it is I'm seeing

As I'm in the presence of an otherworldly being.

A single syllable I can not manage to utter

As the E.T. spellbindingly emits beautiful colors.

The creature has the feature of translucent skin

Allowing my eyes to witness its soul-light within.

There's no need for words or any sort of vocalization

For "he" communicates through iridescent information.

"Look at those colors," I think,

"Oh how they glow!

Am I in a dream

Or a Twilight Zone episode?"

At first I feel threatened

In the unearthly presence

But my stressing is lessened

By the progression of luminescence.

Soon I am awash in an ocean of deep emotion.

The familiar reality seems to flow in slow motion.

Practically every cavity of the anatomy

It's divulged like a light bulb.

My faculties as a result

Perceive each bright pulse.

The eyes show a breathtaking bright glow.

A micro version of the bodily light show.

Between flashes the alien studies and takes in

My human form, my earthly shell, my opaque skin.

Suddenly the entity begins to blink purple and pink

As if to "say" that we're emotionally in sync.

🟣

My forehead is hit by the beam of a green laser.

Instantly I feel deep eco-love for my planet's Nature.

🟢

Soon the room becomes saturated in waves of brilliant blue.

Then I feel perfect serenity due to this calming hue.

🔵

Gradually the light morphs into yellow then gold.

At once I begin to feel more courageous and bold.

🟡

My head becomes conscious of the anger in our world

As photons of red and orange mix and swirl.

🔴

So mesmerized am I by the prismatic flash

That I fail to notice the healing of my rash.

Beyond verbal dialogue this alien so radiant has evolved.

A language wherein no form of audio is involved.

Humans use words to affect moods and thinking too

But here's a sentient being who does it by blinking hues.

I feel so primitive as I ponder my reliance on words

And how alphabets dictate so much of life on Earth.

As I behold the colorful face

A question my mind faces:

"What other alien races

Walk the corridors of Space?"

Away with the norm.

I'll never forget that time

When I met the glowing life form

Who did away with my paradigm.

©️ Matt Decker 

[ This discovery awaits, along with other sci-fi adventures, in my book SPACE & RHYME ]