Faith

Faith


Life and Death are two rooms in one house
Life is the open room
Death is the closed room

An atheist thinks this room is empty
There is nothing in it
He can’t see anything
He can’t hear anything 
It  must be empty -

We die in the open room.

A believer thinks there’s something inside
Maybe a flicker of light
Maybe a rustle of something
Just because it’s locked 
It doesn’t mean it’s empty

He knocks and thinks he might be heard
He speaks and thinks he hears a whisper

Is it for him? Is it for me?
Maybe a mistake
Who knows?

But I believe that when the door is finally unlocked 
The first room will close

We will live in the new open room


16.10.14
Copyright © | Year Posted 2020

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Zola-Zaba Avatar
April 9, 2020 at 12:29 PM
Well penned! I have this belief that what if when we die we only wake up from a long slumber, and what we call life is just a long dream haha ironic ryt
Gabriel Avatar
April 7, 2020 at 4:44 AM
Very expressive syllable. An amazing poem. :)
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