Journey From Earth To Heaven And Hell Poem by Prayash Gupta

Raj was sitting at the bank of a river,
Sad
Because he was lonely;
Lonely
Because of his bad deeds;
Deeds
He learnt from his friends
Friends
Who left him when he became a killer
Killer
Made by circumstances
Circumstances
That took everything away from his life
Life
He was fade up of it and wanted to die
Die
He didn't have the courage to face it;
So he didn't know what to do next,
Where to go, how to repent?
Fade up of friends, family and society.
Friends- who were with him only in his high time.
Family- Who used to talk about money every time.
Society- Concerned less about the better society.
Sick and tired
Tired and Sick
He started wandering
Wandering, what to do next
Where to go?
Whom to plead?
He thought and thought
But his thoughts didn't find conclusion
So he thought that now he would die
But again he lacked courage
He started shouting like a mad man
Or
Like a politician demanding vote
But no one was there to listen to him
He needed an escape
Escape
May be from his life, family, friends or world
Escape
He got it
He got it
Because he was outside a beautiful palace
Palace
He had never seen before
Ambience so quiet and peaceful
Different from the world he lived in
One beautiful girl
"Angel" he supposed; welcomed him
'Welcome to Heaven, ' She said
He was surprised, shocked and scared.
And wondered
How I came to heaven?
But felt guilty
Do I deserve it?
I didn't do good deeds on Earth
So how I came out here?
Questions that came in his mind
But not on his lips.
"What are you thinking gentleman? " Said the Angel
"Nothing, " said he and was about to
Enter the palace.
Just then someone stabbed him from the back
The knock so hard,
So hard that he didn't get time to shout
But came back to reality from his dream
Dream which he didn't want to miss it
A reality that didn't want to face.
He could do nothing but slightly
turned his face
And he sees the vague image of his own friend
Stabbing him repeatedly and he could feel no more;
Pain seized, time seized, everything seized.
In a short while
He could see his own body
Being thrown into the water by his own friends
He shouted, protested and tried to harm them
But in vain
In a short while
He was in a dark dungeon
Where he could see dangerous monsters
Monsters
Huge in shapes and sizes
Blood flowing out of their bodies
Continuously- without a stop
They chained him and
Was about to throw him
In a large boiling vessel.
They threw him inside
And he could feel the irresistible pain
Pain
That he had never felt before on Earth
Earth
He wanted to go back again
Again
He wanted to repent his sins
Sins
He would never commit again
Again he wanted to go back to heaven
Heaven
Which cannot be easily gained
Gained
Only through repeated good deeds.
"I want to go back to Earth, " he shouted
"I have to repent, " he screamed
He screamed, "Repent, repent."