Heaven
Heaven ...
I have imagined a wondrous place
a realm of joy and peace and comfort, eternal
where those we've lost
gather us to their care and fellowship
in a purview of empathic resonance and mirth
where light finds every corner
and warmth embraces our hearts and marrow
where pain and struggle and sorrow
are no longer even a memory
but silent seeds for a garden of blessings
and vessels filled with the breadth of life, anew
where we no longer trouble ourselves
with the restrictions of the flesh
or the concerns of individuality and introspection
but exist in a glorious state of oneness with the Universe
and mutual assimilation of spirituality
amidst the glory of God's providence around us.
But ...
it is JUST that ... an imagination
for I can not know what awaits me
on the OTHER side ...
still, in reality, I DO know what Heaven is ...
it is the life I have NOW -
it is to sing and dream and experience nature
it is to love and feel and wonder ...
it is to know the breath of a summer breeze, and the touch of a lover ...
it is to see the sparkle of spirit in a pet's gaze ...
it is to command the voice of an instrument
or weave words into verse ...
it is to ache with the longing for a soulmate ...
it is to touch and taste and become ...
it is to dance with the rain, or tunnel toes in the sand ...
it is to squeeze the hand of a loved one as they let go their suffering ...
it is to feel the burn of bright sun on my cheek
or discover exquisite beauty in the deepest darkness ...
it is to hold a hummingbird on my finger
or watch a winter moon glisten on the snow
it is to know the blessing of a sacrifice
and the weight of a weary brow ...
it is to birth a giggle
or kiss away a tear ...
but mostly, Heaven is truly THIS:
to hold my beloved children in my arms ...
and weep with unimaginable JOY!
~ 4th Place ~ in the "Heaven" Poetry Contest, Regina Riddle, Judge & Sponsor.
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