Next?

I'm not sure what it is.
It's a barrier of some sort.
An unseen wall between dimensions,
then a spark, a shimmer,
some kinda light,
an energy passes through.
I dunno.
There's life,
and then there isn't.
Someone you love is there
and then not.

Is there more?
Somewhere different,
Life transformed,
in ways I cannot perceive?
I've never been a structure
or formal take kinda guy,
so having FAITH
is a lil' foreign to me.

It's more like a yellow
"Do not cross' ribbon,
with no looks back.
No airport waves goodbye
from a distance.
No throwing exaggerated kisses
from the stop light
at the end of the block.

It a powerful line we cross.
A definitive line.
Here and then gone.
Gone. Totally. Stillness.
Us mortals left with memories.
Ash or dust as residue.
Nothing else. Not on planet Earth.
Not in this 3D box.
Maybe somewhere else?

Maybe there's 4D or 5D?
Or new and improved Super D?

You can believe that if you wish.
And it is a wish.
A hope
that it ain't really over. Like done.
Does it matter in the end?
If it is the end?
If we're done we'll never know.
If not, we're in for some real
exciting adjustments.

I hear voices of loved ones past.
Those who have passed over
long ago. Angels now... maybe.
I like to think they look out for me.
Maybe they do.
Perhaps it's just their teachings
that resonate in my memory
and rattle in my ear
like when I stayed out too late
as a teen.
Then again, I've been
a most fortunate fellow.
Far too lucky to call it luck.
Far too fortunate to call it
simply good fortune.

Kinda like good genes.
You have'm or you don't.

If you have them
you're 'blessed.'

But -  then you always
have that God-given option
to destroy them -
like me -
with wine and cigars
and late night carousing.

What do you think?
Do you really know about death?
Been breath to breath with it,
chest against the yellow 'CAUTION' tape?
What's next?.. Anything?