Go To Hell Poem by Bashyam Narayanan

Go to hell
Is an expression of frustration
By an individual to a person
Whom he or she believes to be the
Cause of this unpleasant happening
Really speaking
The person who utters this phrasing
Has made a hell for self
And can in no way decide
The hell or the heaven of others
Hell or heaven
Is what you make for yourself
And you need no one
To create it for you
Recall an adage
Where it is crowded most
Hell or heaven
All go to hell only after death
Because all religious scriptures
Tell that if you do not hold on to their path
You go naturally to hell
Since no one in the world cannot
Follow all the faiths
All after death go to hell only
And there is none in heaven
Worth it is referring to a soul of a real noble saint
Who went up after death
Angel guided him to heaven
But the saint wanted to see how the
Hell looks like
Angel briefed him that
Each one in the hell has been given
A long handled spoon
And they can eat their food using
That spoon only
On reaching the hell entry point
Angel asked him to peep through
Soul of the saint saw lot confusion
Inside as each one was trying
To make the food on spoon tip reach
His or her mouth
And there was spillage of food
And none bore the sign of having eaten a thing
All starved and tired
Angel asked the saint to move on
To see how the heaven looks like
Saint got the point
In the heaven all are given
Smaller spoons, right?
Was his query to Angel
Wait you will see it for yourself
Angel quipped
The heaven door was opened
Saint saw no confusion there
All in peace and all in tact
They finished eating was his thinking
Angel said
Food is going to come
And see how do they eat
Food came and each one was given
A spoon with a long handle
As was seen in the hell
Saint saw that with the same long spoon
People in heaven were feeding the other
And all were adequately and comfortably fed
Saint got the message
Conditions are the same
People only make it a hell or heaven
No need to wait for death
To understand
What a hell or heaven is
You can make it on earth
With you in tact
In the middle of this wonder world
And its creations around
You only decide what it is
You can make it a hell
You can also make it a heaven
Serve others to make a heaven
Stay selfish to make a hell
Next time
If you are tempted to express
Go to hell
Hold on for a while and tell
You may yell as well
Go and create a heaven