I wonder what heaven looks like. I wonder this as an atheist. Is it space, sailing among stars? Is it merely a concept, eternally to be determined, determined by fate? Is it the feeling you get when you forget and then remember the best day of your life? Is it not life after death, is it a place on earth? Is it a person? Is it you?
Posted in response to the challenge Wonder.
I locked eyes with him, the glowing man on the stage.
He glimmered, his red hair shining under the spotlight.
That was all it took for my heart to be stolen away.
I hear the rain on the roof of my car, loud and serene.
I see the wet pavement stretch out for miles in front of me.
I don’t look back.
when it comes true
when my dream is found,
my goals reached,
will I be fulfilled?
will the future be everything I’d hoped,
or a letdown
a saddening realization of truth
Comments
Gentle musings of the heart! I love this little piece. That you're able, absence religion, to reimagine heaven entirely for yourself is a beautiful thing (and I don't mean that in a condescending way in the slightest). The thought of heaven as a memory you can return to, of the best day of your life maybe, as you suggest, is very moving and struck a chord with me.
Thank you so much!!!
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