The Poke

The Poke

She had been attending the white 
uniform gathering for a while then. 
On some specific days the leader 
would go into trance, see visions 
and tell various revelations. 
There is usually someone writing out 
messages from the trance. 
She would always wonder what they 
saw and heard. 
One Saturday evening while she was 
at home she attempted to give a try to 
finding out what was seen and heard. 
She imitated what she saw him do. 
She sang one of the hymns and asked
 to see what is in the beyond. 
It was as if an assigned Demon was 
waiting for her. 
She saw! 
She saw a lot of scary looking beings
They all were busy doing one thing or 
the other. 
They looked like the "Dark Workers" if ever 
there was anything called that. 
She could not bring herself to venture further. 
She never expected what or where she 
found herself. 
Before she could pull out of that realm 
she felt a sharp pain in her eyes. 
Like a poke in the eyes. 
She jumped back into reality immediately.
Her eyes started turning red, getting itchy 
and dripping tears. 
She barely slept that night due to the pain 
and discomfort she felt in the eyes. 
The following day which was Sunday she 
reported what happened to the church 
leader. 
He scolded her bitterly and wondered 
at the extent of her gut to venture into something 
that risky without his guide. 
He put some liquid in her eyes and they 
healed gradually till her sight was fully 
restored. 
She would have gone blind out of curiosity.
 Till she left the church she did not 
participate fully in any of the prophetic work 
they were told to do.

Abike, 2019