The Pastor.... Poem by RIC BASTASA

where is heaven?
a child asks.

where is heaven?
i, too, ask that
question
though i am not a
child anymore

on TV the pastor
knows where heaven is.

he is very rich
with a million followers.

he knows where
heaven is and he even
passed all those
planets
to reach heaven and
come back to earth

many times he says
he had done it
from earth to the moon
passing by all the planets
and then to heaven
as though heaven is,
as we are taught,
the last destination

he had gone there
many times
and back as many times
as he had gone there


believe in him and
you will go to heaven too
if you don't however
you can have all the fears
losing heaven

if you challenge him
as though he was lying
beware of the consequences

he can turn off the source
of air
and he can turn off too
the source of light....