Ellen White's Head

low in the skull

behind the eye orbit
arterial thrombosis
behavioral
automatism, thought
disorder
epileptic involvement
of the temporal lobe

a stone’s throw to the dreamy state

this is her vision
an intellectual aura: the temple
stone pillars
and a bleeding lamb

she is alone
but not alone, darker
than despair in the presence
of trumpets
up the staircase
into radiance
and a piercing gaze

his hand
is on her head, a blessing

\"fear not\"

***

in the spring
of 1843, Jesus
did not return