After You Die ... Jan 4th,2013 Poem by James Bredin

AFTER YOU DIE … JAN 4TH,2013
BY
JAMES BREDIN

After you die; you will go to either heaven or hell,
For eternity, they say, and that's where you will dwell,
Nobody has come back and said where these places are,
But you're going there anyway, no matter how near or far.



Spending eternity in heaven or hell is difficult to believe,
It's what our religions teach us so there's no need to grieve,
But our bodies are dead and they are not going anywhere,
We can't change anything so there's no need for despair.




Unless someone comes up with a better notion that we can believe,
We're supposed to be intelligent people and not naïve,
But I don't think we're going anywhere near or far after we die,
We are nothing but dead bodies then and that's the reason why.




And that's why we need death-with-dignity and, Stephen, soon,
So that we can make the transition painlessly and we're not immune,
And after that they burn us and put our ashes in a nice jar,
This is all true stuff though it appears a bit bazaar.

Jan 4th,2013