After Death We All Go Somewhere by Ted Sheridan

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After Death We All Go Somewhere

I watched some guy today on one of the morning shows
who said he died once and went to Heaven
When at the age of twelve he tried to swim the entire length of a pool
underwater while holding one breath....he didn't make it.
Some friends pulled him from the cold blue water and revived him
He later claimed he had gone to heaven and it was a most beautiful place
Years later in his relatively short and uneventful life of substance abuse
He decided he would commit suicide to get back into Heaven
So....he downed a bunch of sleeping pills with booze
Falling asleep....hoping a peaceful end to a lackluster life
He recalled that he was floating towards an open sky
but then with a sudden and shocking dive he descended into Hell
A hot humid place of black and white two dimensional figures
He heard voices of people whom he had been mean to in life
They started shoving him without ever touching him....filling him with panic
Fearful that he had pissed God off and God had forsaken him....he woke up
Now he's selling his book based on the story of what he experienced.......
I don't intend to read it as I have made both these trips myself....
I've lived in Hawaii and I once spent a week in Philadelphia....

2007 © T Sheridan

Ted Sheridan

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Jeannie Ann Clark (12/26/2007 4:48:00 PM)
Are you a professional comedian? We do go somewhere but it is not a firey place of torment! You can read about it in my poems. Thank you..

fanniesson - (7/17/2007 2:27:00 PM)
I gotta admit the ending made the read worth while
I love getting caught off guard

nice one

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