"Ten seconds to DARKneSs"...

Ten seconds to impact and I was just there, staring, thinking of nothing in particular. I could not figure out what was going on. I could not figure out the reason for my standing in the middle of Lagos Abeokuta Express way. I knew I wanted to cross to the other side but as I was at the middle of the road I saw a red Toyota corolla lunching towards my direction moving at about 120km/hr. Eight seconds to impact and all I could do was stare. I froze. I didn’t know what was stopping me from moving on towards the curvet. I was trying to move forward but decided to move back to the edge of the road. I was still trying to make a decision but I couldn’t. I could hear the sound of the engine of the red corolla now. Was this guy stupid, or was it a lady, whatever, I didn’t care who was behind the wheel. All I cared about was how stupid the person was seeing me on the road and not yet ready to apply the brakes. Six seconds to impact; now I was worried. I was trying to panic but I felt unusually calm. On the outside though but on the inside I had began running up and down like the paranoid chicken on Christmas day, screaming for help, trying to get the attention of whoever was behind the wheel. I was jumping and waving with my two hands trying to flag him down, trying to get him hit the brakes. It felt like I had been rooted to the ground, like I was part of the coal tar that was used on the road. Three seconds to impact and the 20 years of my existence flashed through my eyes like a projector in a premier league viewing center. Like I was streaming my life’s video straight from you tube. All my dreams, all my expectations, all my aspirations were about to come to an end before my very eyes. I had not yet wed Meagan Good, I had not yet won the Pulitzer prize, I had not yet travelled the world, I had not yet made my first million, I had no kid to tuck in at 9pm, I had not yet bought my Porsche Cayenne, I had not yet built my 8 bedroom mansion with 9 bathrooms, a swimming pool, a basketball court, a lawn tennis court. Tears rolled down my eyes at this moment. Initially I could not move any part of my body but at that point I moved my head towards heaven and said a short prayer. “Into thy hands I commit my soul”. 3……..2………1……….DARKneSs….