When I've pushed past my 70th year, I guess I'm allowed to dream,
of what 'Paradise' would be for me. Let's start with Ice cream.
1 - Ice cream, on a stick, in a cone or bowl, hard or soft,
…of nearly any flavor, could send my spirit aloft.
I've never bathed in ice cream; maybe I'd try it.
If you think this is too silly, why don't you just be quiet!
2 - Birds! Not the kind found in our chicken coop,
…nor the ones which, upon my head, will poop.
Since childhood, birds, those found ‘in the wild',
have brought me ‘joy'.
But I DID also enjoy (till a cat got it) a parakeet as a young boy.
3 - Peace, among all people, including every single one of us.
Why is it so many end up ‘making war' instead?
Why all the fuss?
Why indeed? ! Perhaps only a ‘god' can answer that.
Perhaps all of humans' gods should sit down and have a chat!
4 - Harmony. I've run into a definition difference; by "harmony" I did mean "peace",
not just a lack of ‘war', but day-to-day living together without strife. Let negatives cease!
Unfortunately a lack of "harmony" among people …
may only be ‘fixed' by gods, ….like ones sometimes ‘connected' to a steeple.
And, unfortunately(?) , I don't believe in such gods or God,
…for which [ if "God" DOES exist ], to Hell, I may ‘get the nod'.
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So, it looks as though no Heaven on Earth will be mine.
Perhaps YOU will be luckier, and Heaven on Earth will be thine.
bri edwards
December 16th,2021
Way to go, Bri. ;) bri best wishes to all, and......to all a good night.
A wonderful poem. Witty and entertaining. As for me, there is Heaven on Earth if there is peace and harmony.
Let me know when you are going to bathe in the ice cream! I will join you!
Ice Cream... I dream and scheme and scream for ice cream! What more could anyone want?
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Bri, If there's anything better than ice cream, bird watching and world peace I don't know what is.
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem
Yes, indeed, on the ice cream, Bri! I love ice cream! Also, wild birds are fun to watch, and your ideas about peace and harmony are great!