Michael Shepherd Heaven Poems

Heaven is not a place; it is a state;
not in the clouds, nor here on earth beneath;
heaven's not in front, behind, nor left nor right -
and yet, in love it comprehends all these.
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Bold March sunlight bounces
off the yellow-grey-brown London claybricks
of the house across the gardens;
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Be a dolphin. Feel yourself
at home in the beloved water
in which you were fathered, mothered,
fed, grow up, and swim with all your friends…
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