Up We Go Poem by Aufie Zophy

Imagine that we could do that,
Just step into a lift, press a button, labelled heaven,
and there we go! We go to heaven for a while and
then we may come back
in case we start to miss our earth too much.

I enjoyed the imagination, and I hope you did as well.
The sheer impossibility of it makes it feel a bit nonsensical
Before getting back fully to reality,
please read on.

If we imagine what heaven might feel like,
we do think about bliss, peace of mind, peace of heart,
we do think about intense uncompromisable happiness
and love, love, love.

If tomorrow we wake up and step in the lift of the new day,
we can choose to press the button heaven
by choosing a life of unconditional love and giving
by choosing a life of selfless service
by forgiving all our enemies, giving up our grudges
by choosing thankfulness for what we have
by choosinga day filled with small random acts of kindness
and up we go to a state of bliss and peace and love.
Up we are going

Please now read again the small senryu (a haiku about human nature, above