Subtitle

A CONFLUENCE OF DAYS, WEEKS AND YEARS

by Jonathan Vold

Wednesday, April 20

Hell and Heaven

Hell is other people —
  Heaven is the presence of God.

Hell is a closed room —
  Heaven is an open field.

Hell is being forever judged —
  Heaven is being accepted.

Hell is seeing ourselves as others see us —
  Heaven is putting ourselves aside.

Hell is the dark glass of human mirrors —
  Heaven is seeing face to face.

Hell is the parsing of pimples —
  Heaven is the end of imperfections.

Hell is inescapable reflections —
  Heaven is the lark flying free.

Hell refuses to look at loveliness —
  Heaven is knowing love.

Hell is the end of hope and the continuation of fear —
  Heaven is all we hope for and the end of all we fear.

Hell is remaining alive but being forever dead —
  Heaven is being born anew, having defeated death.

Hell is a faithless existentialism —
  Heaven is a higher existence.

Hell is existing in the company of absentees —
  Heaven is living in the presence of God.

Hell is a room with no exit —
  Heaven is a doorway and the will to walk through it.

Hell is here and now, for those who live it —
  Heaven is here and now, for those who believe it.

No comments:

Post a Comment