In the Blink of an Eye

Kim Carlsberg is the author of two books, Beyond My Wildest Dreams, which details her vividly remembered abductions, and The Art of Close Encounters, a compilation of stories and artwork of her and other people’s experiences with extraterrestrials. In the following poem, published in the latter, she recalls an encounter with April, her hybrid daughter.

In the Blink of an Eye

My eyes followed the gentle curves of the tiny face

in hopes of capturing the time we’d lost.

Dim memories of stolen moments in this place,

wondering if she knew what her birth had cost.

My arms, a sanctuary for this perfect child of one.

Time’s arrow flew swiftly toward a future scene.

My seed had blossomed like a flower in the sun.

In a single moment, she held the promise of thirteen.

Slender and delicate; a porcelain rose, glowing

with bright innocence, she watched with my own green

eyes. I desired to love her without showing

how much I missed having her in my life.

The fire of her intellect surpassed her emotional air,

which my maternal presence breathed into her spirit.

But she saw the heartbreak it causes to care,

imagined her own future child, and chose to fear it.

I gently reached out to soothe her fears

and reassured her from the depths of my soul

that even a moment with her was worth all the tears,

and for her, like me, the love of a child

would make her whole.

By permission of the author.

KimCarlsberg.com, CloseEncountersPublishing.com

Artwork by Darryl Anka.

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