Poem

Friday, June 1, 2001

What If There's No Heaven?

Challenging all
I've been taught to believe today
Waiting and hoping
For a happier future
What if there's no heaven?
Gruesome thought
Take flight in the night
Prayerful whispers
To One I call God
Almighty Ruler
Who doesn't always answer the way I'd like
What if there's no heaven?
Hell on earth
This chaos rules beyond my control
Some sort of destiny
Continues onward
Without any obvious rhyme or reason
Or light at the end of the tunnel
All possibly for nothing
What if there's no heaven?

(c) Laura Licata Sullivan
Seashores and Seasons, Poetic Verse
2003