we who climbed it
were not angels
heaven was always
the wherever-after
in our eternal rising
we forgot the world below
we forgot the lives
that made our lives whole
little wonder heaven
was an airless void
© BH, 2022
Another short piece. This time, about expectations of eternity. I’m reminded of one answer to the question ‘What about life after death?”
“That depends on whether there’s life before death…”
The illustration is based on Creeping Jacob's Ladder - Polemonium reptans 'Stairway to Heaven'. The ladder is ancient and the void entirely my own.
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