Eternity Is a Very Long Time
So many things in life I'd like to know
So little time for me to gather answers
The tango, jerk, the bop, the boogaloo
Were any of them favorites of Dancer?
Mid-afternoon, an outside noise disturbs
As I'm recording thoughts on my computer
That bird keeps crowing "Cock-a-doodle-do"
But never will a crow go 'Cock-a-rooster'
We live for roughly eighty-some odd years
But some don't even reach their adolescence
Yet once they've reached accountability
Forever will be judged from only seconds
It matters not how many years you've served
Ten trillion years, but, still, you're just beginning
Much like a horse thief in the West except
He's hung, there's pain and death, at least it's finished
So, sixteen, thirty, fifty, eighty-three
All go to hell who make the wrong decision
Eternal punishment with no way out
If this is true pray now and hope He'll listen
And mold the punishment to fit the crimes
Especi-al-ly those taught to love another
Though Hitler was a monster through-and-through
Eternity's a wee bit long to suffer
Copyright © Ben Burton | Year Posted 2016
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