What a day

 I met a man today who came to my aid.
I was Stranded and stressed,
Mind was a mess.
Car was dripping gas,
and the battery couldn't get a grasp.
He told me he had recently died.
Lost a lung and a rib,
before waking up sick.
There were no gates,
no lines of light,
just darkness,
pure, pitch black.
He had never been a religious man,
but something about the whole thing didn't sit right with him.
I didn't get a chance before he pulled away,
to tell him,
that darkness makes life,
even more sweet.
He had a ninja turtle shirt on,
He told me to call him Raphael.