A Poem

My friend and niece had a baby. The same friend lost her brother this year, tragically. Then our pastors did a sermon series on Heaven...got me to thinking and a poem practically wrote itself! Enjoy.

A Parallel Universe

When we are born
we depart
a small universe

No more floating
a tiny orbit
inside a darkened space

Propelled into light
we leave with no choice
to land in a world

so different from what
we left

We gasp at the air
and open our eyes
to brilliance and sound

and soon wrapped
in arms of love

When we die
we depart
a small universe

No more floating
a tiny orbit
inside a darkened space

Propelled into light
we leave with no choice
to land in a world

so different from what
we left

We gasp at the air
and open our eyes
to brilliance and sound

and soon wrapped
in arms of
Love

Kelly Edens
June 7, 2007