I Went To Heaven

The day I died I smiled, This was the day I waited for from the day I was born Now I’ll go to heaven and meet my eternal God, I’ll meet beautiful fairies and hobnob with the angels divine. I’ll stay away from the tree of knowledge, and adamantly deny the devil’s design-- Dah! Just wouldn’t eat the fruit of this tree for I have the free will on my side and privy I am to Adam and Eve’s plight. But in the midst of nowhere I stood still Dumbfounded like in a twilight zone with not a stirring soul in sight; It wasn’t heaven but not hell alright! Now who said it was all honey and milk? Has he seen it firsthand I was beginning to think? No wind, no sky, not even a wisp of cloud, No howling spirits or a jubilant crowd; Hello!!! I let out a resounding shout, Hello, anybody there I cried out? Now without a body, no mind, no heart, Just a spirit I was beginning to fall apart. There was this one yawning void Absolute darkness, absolute quiet, There were no eyes for me to see There were no ears to hear, Just an oppressive nothingness by far— No desires, no aspirations, No goals, no directions, No love, no hate, no anger, Neither kith and kin nor a stranger. Overwhelmed by a feeling of nostalgia I turned around with a pressing urge to get home and with my body merge. Oh, how I miss the ocean and the fresh air And my kindred souls to love and care-- Ha! Here is my heaven and here’s my hell The only place that exists now I know well. ~Abdul Malik / 11/26/15 I went to Heaven contest by Laura Urbaniak