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have you ever wondered
about life after death
what happens when we die
do we go to another place
or do we just cease to be
how about those stories
of coming back as a dog or a deer
it's weird i know and yet
there's something to it maybe
sometimes i meet someone
and in their eyes i see
all of life and more and less
but maybe i'm just crazy
it's a sign of intelligence i think
to be able to ask and wonder
but it's also smart sometimes
to keep your questions quiet
does god exist or not i ask
and what about the other guy
does he have anything to say
do either of them care
if they're even there that is
i think they are and this is why
they're smart enough it seems
to let us ask and wonder
who are you what are you
if there is a heaven
a place of love and angels
it will be a land of beauty
beyond description perfect
i'll walk down streets of gold
praise and joy in my heart
and on my tongue a song
but i don't think i'll stay there
for tho my life be brief
my work will never be done
a body walks but for a time
the soul lives on forever
and while the beauty up above
will be wonderful and nice
i think i should get bored
without someone to bother
so if it's all the same
to earth i shall soon return
and for the lonely i'll search
maybe they won't see me
maybe they won't hear me
but all the same i'll be there
protecting watching listening
waiting to show them home
maybe i'll find solace then
tho silent i'll not be still
if there's not a heaven
and here below i'm stuck anyway
i should like to be next time
the strands of a young girl's hair
then life should be glorious
i shall grow as she grows older
then be cut back to modesty
i'll take pride in her beauty
and she'll tend to me devotedly
in her most thoughtful moments
and in her darkest troubles
she'll turn me o'er and o'er
between her slender fingers
i shall grow old with my maiden
age and frailty i will share
perhaps she won't be able then
to tend me as once she did
and in respect i'll lie quietly
one day soon our life will be done
i'll be arranged one last time
by hands i never knew in life
and i'll lay with her in peace
a worthy tribute to her beauty
a timeless gift, a lifetime friend
a flowing veil of silvered hair
either way i think it's grand
tho i confess to curiosity
i rather wish i knew for sure
which way it was going to be
death is one of those things
like taxes we can't avoid
but still we feel the need
to fret and worry unceasingly
a few more things i'll say
and then i'll hold my peace
if my life is done tonight
tomorrow i'll have the answers
to all the age-old questions
i won't be able to share them
but think on this i say
if you're thoughtful as am i
you'd do well to prepare
for each answer to go either way
if my life is done tonight
i'll have work left undone
i'd like to have more time
but i'll be happy to escape
homework death and taxes
learn to love more be a better you
so you can say you've lived
all of life and more and less
Joel
April 1999
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