This Is Paradise
A lost and broken headstone,
a damp and moistened earth,
undisturbed by slumbering phantoms
who's hopes and shattered dreams
sprinkle the world like shards of glass
cutting all whom venture to gather the missing pieces and put them together again.
This my friends, is paradise
the heaven we were promised
is nothing but a grave
the coffin which lies within is a prison
a prison to restrain---
our own embittered lonely thoughts
so that we shall not rise with the mist
and wander the roads in search of lost lives.
Welcome to hell,
did you see the sign
that said the ressurection
is still under construction?
It appears that God lacks the funds
to house and judge us all.
Besides which he never realized
the only words he would echo are ''Go to Hell.''
Heaven is a gossamer spun web,
a lonely and empty realm.
A puff of wind will blow it away
in a shower of ash and dust,
and we will continue to turn in our graves.
Copyright © Rebekah Thomas | Year Posted 2005
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