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Theme: The Afterlife.<\/h3>\n

The transition from this world to the next is not something to be ignored, after all, it will happen to all of us. In fact, my own experience tells me that there are numerous souls who have \u2018passed on\u2019 who become frustrated by the lack of understanding that pervades our materialistic culture. Here are a couple of poems based upon experiences and insights that I have gained:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/td>\nDeath is Rebirth<\/b>
\nThey came one evening
\nAs I sat to meditate
\nMy Mother’s dead relatives
\nSeated on a small grandstand
\nOverlooking a lobby
\nAnd a lift
\nWhat is it?<\/em> I asked
\nThen along came my Mother
\nWith a small suitcase
\nPulling it quietly
\nShe reached the lift
\nPressed the button
\nAnd waited . . .
\nLike her Mother
\nSister, Brother
\nAunt, Nephew
\nAnd Ancestors all
\nShe would be moving on
\nTwo days later
\nI got the call
\nInto hospital for tests
\nBut each of us hoped
\nFor a different best<\/p>\n

I flew in to join her
\nFor the prognosis
\nIt\u2019s cancer<\/em> said the doc
\nShe lightened up
\nHow long have I got?<\/em>
\nThe doc said Six months<\/em>
\nBut Mother had a different view
\nWhy not a week or two?<\/em><\/p>\n

We\u2019ll see it through together<\/em>
\nI assured her, and we did
\nEight weeks and she took the lift
\nElevated now and happy
\nShe blesses.<\/td>\n

<\/td>\n<\/td>\nA Gain<\/b>
\nI died to discover
\nThat everything I had done in life
\nWas a prayer to what I believed
\nEvery deed, every word, every thought
\nHad wrought a false totem to a false creed
\nThis folly was builded across
\nMy path of hope
\nIt blocked my way up Heaven’s slope
\nAnd so, now held before
\nThis imposing edifice of conceit
\nI understood and quaking sank
\nDown from my feet on to my knees
\nMost terra-fied to realise
\nA return to Earth would be required
\nThe me as masked in physical form
\nAnd recently from office fired
\nWas now, by me, recalled and so re-hired
\nYet for a time the role delayed
\nI prayed to cleanse the self
\nDefeat conceit and then
\nI played and ran to meet
\nThe learned hosts who patient wait
\nNot just above at Heaven’s higher gate
\nBut silent at my side on every plane
\nRequired until I figure why
\nWe say that repetition is a gain.<\/td>\n		<\/td>\nMore Poems<\/strong><\/b>
\nFame is \u00a0a Mist<\/a><\/p>\n

No Condos in the City of the Dead<\/a><\/p>\n

You Can’t Say It’s Not There\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n

We Are The Poetry\/Utilise the Universal<\/a><\/p>\n

Your Elevation\/Blokes in Cloaks<\/a><\/p>\n

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