What I remember can’t be true
and yet to me it seems to be.
I can remember living through
another life lived previously.
Perhaps I’m wrong and they are real
is it a possibility?
I must confess it has appeal
I ponder on it endlessly.
If it were true it would explain
to some extent the mystery.
Are we reborn to live again?
successive lives, serially.
I can’t accept as many do
We will be judged on one life span
Although this is the Christian view
because I’m not a Christian.
The eastern mystics all suggest
That we must pay for all we do
In every life we face a test
there is some task that we must do.
I am inclined towards that view
It seems to make good sense to me.
Much more than paradise would do
be bored for all eternity.
I do not know but can accept
that such a law would simplify.
What everybody can expect
will happen when they come to die.
Heaven, hell and purgatory
would all be relegated to
the status of a fairy story.
But I can’t prove my dreams are true.
Thoughtful and well-expressed. I empathise with this poem. Thanks.
Enjoyed this very much...those darn questions...answered or unanswered...that always confound us...and you brought it all to light in a humorous poem...Coach
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem
Ivor, you have summed up a huge spiritual debate with such magnificent simplicity. Great work Cheers Anita