So There
I wish there was a heaven
With everything promised
Without the fires and judgement
And resurrections of bodies
And where we didn’t have to sing
Praises and question why
I’d add my mother’s arms around me
And a white grand piano
And meeting Beethoven
And Emily Dickinson
And so many others it would take
All day to name them
But I’d have eternity to sit down
And chat with them one by one
We’d all be our old selves
Not new selves who sound boring
But how would we find each other
With all the billions already there
Would we get a kind of GPS
And a magic plane or train or car
I couldn’t live in heaven without the
Ones I loved being right there
And the ones I didn’t love not so there
It all sounds so complicated
And unmanageable and undoable
But I can dream
Of my own kind of heaven
Can't I?
MM 11/16/21
What a great idea -- a customized heaven! (I'm not sure whether to laugh or cry.)
ReplyDeleteI think if can afford an upgrade it might happen Tom!
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Indeed. And the many, many animals who have enriched my life would be there too. Which could pose challenges of its own because many of them would NOT get along.
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Of course, every single animal apart from Shandy who adopted a family down the road from us and pretended not to know us. Ever.
Deleteshe'd stay with her adoptive parents. I think I'd keep them all on a huge farm because they'd all get along. And Ansa would adopt some kittens and sheep and be perfectly happy with them all.
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I guess we would each create our own "heaven" and I, too, wonder how well each version would mesh with all the others. Oh well, that's God's problem, isn't it? Or will he/she/they prescribe the criteria?
ReplyDeleteWell currently with all religions, Joared, the Great Dictator has foretold, etc. I feel it's better if we design our own, don't you?
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Everyone's heaven is their own kind. What/who you dream of and what/who you want the most, will be there.
ReplyDeleteIt's a lovely thought. Even being star dust is a lovely thought River.
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Hehe, I can so follow you on this one, but it also reminds me of ... is it Simpson's? ... where a part of Heaven is fenced in and everyone has to be silent near the fence, because those inside think they are all alone :) But, well, all of this is luckily God's problem, and not mine ;) and welcome to it.
ReplyDeleteThe current system has no appeal for me if the bible thumpers are to be believed. I paid into the plenary indulgence thing for a long time, guaranteeing my seat in heavenly choirs until my illusion fell away into hard cynicism. *grin*
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I like this idea. I suspect heaven is customised, I hope it is because I'm not interested in streets paved with gold.
ReplyDeleteAnd the mansions have no appeal either Kylie, I just want a little garret tucked away by myself and only the people I like to see, not the billions of others. I don't want wings.
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Yes, you can.
ReplyDeleteThanks Ramana oh wise woman. Can I have that in writing please?
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Love it. xo
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Thanks Kate!
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It's a lovely picture but then I have always seen heaven as a personalized place. After all, heaven is where we experience the greatest joy into eternity and not everyone has joy in the same experience.
ReplyDeleteBut the Big Question is what is everyone's joy. What is joy? Eating ice cream all day? Boozing it up? Living at the casino?
DeleteAnd where is it, while I think some more about it. So mythic and intangible.
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This so beautiful. Nicely put.
ReplyDeleteThank you Gigi.
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Indeed, why not?
ReplyDeleteWhy not indeed!
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