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Death
What happens when you die
Where do you go
Many have answers
But do they really know
What happens when you die
What do you see
Is anything there
What's next for me
So many thoughts we have
So many ideas in our mind
So many things we think about
So many clues we have to find
Maybe people are right
Maybe it is true
Maybe there is an afterlife
Maybe we have more to do
But I don't know what to believe
No one way is seen as right
No two persons think the same
Will we see a light
I'm not saying there is nothing
I'm not saying there is no God
I'm not saying there is no answer
I'm just saying life is odd
So many mysteries unsolved
So many treasures not found
So many things still to uncover
So many things still in the ground
We want to believe we matter
We want to believe there is something
We want to believe in someone
We want to believe it isn't nothing
So many things we are taught
So many religions out there
So many people who pray
So many people wondering where
You might tell me there is a god
That jesus died for our sins
That there is a heaven and hell
That life never truly ends
Maybe we start a new life
Maybe we become something new
Maybe we don't really die
Maybe all of this is true
What about 72 virgins
What about paradise
What about eternal happiness
What if the end is kind of nice
What if jesus is yet to come
What if we will all go home
What if you will find truth
What if instead we just roam
Some people try to live in harmony
Some are at peace within
Some are completely content
Some are completely free of sin
There is more I could talk about
More things I could say
More things to think of
More than just one way
But the truth is I don't know
I don't know what my life will bring
I don't know how long I have
I don't know much about anything
I'm not an expert on life or death
I have no way to find out
I can't give you answers
Because my mind will always doubt
I'm hard to get to know
I'm not going to lie
I'm a complicated man
What will happen when I die
Where do you go
Many have answers
But do they really know
What happens when you die
What do you see
Is anything there
What's next for me
So many thoughts we have
So many ideas in our mind
So many things we think about
So many clues we have to find
Maybe people are right
Maybe it is true
Maybe there is an afterlife
Maybe we have more to do
But I don't know what to believe
No one way is seen as right
No two persons think the same
Will we see a light
I'm not saying there is nothing
I'm not saying there is no God
I'm not saying there is no answer
I'm just saying life is odd
So many mysteries unsolved
So many treasures not found
So many things still to uncover
So many things still in the ground
We want to believe we matter
We want to believe there is something
We want to believe in someone
We want to believe it isn't nothing
So many things we are taught
So many religions out there
So many people who pray
So many people wondering where
You might tell me there is a god
That jesus died for our sins
That there is a heaven and hell
That life never truly ends
Maybe we start a new life
Maybe we become something new
Maybe we don't really die
Maybe all of this is true
What about 72 virgins
What about paradise
What about eternal happiness
What if the end is kind of nice
What if jesus is yet to come
What if we will all go home
What if you will find truth
What if instead we just roam
Some people try to live in harmony
Some are at peace within
Some are completely content
Some are completely free of sin
There is more I could talk about
More things I could say
More things to think of
More than just one way
But the truth is I don't know
I don't know what my life will bring
I don't know how long I have
I don't know much about anything
I'm not an expert on life or death
I have no way to find out
I can't give you answers
Because my mind will always doubt
I'm hard to get to know
I'm not going to lie
I'm a complicated man
What will happen when I die
Published 12th Mar 2020
Author's Note
We all have different beliefs on what happens when we die. There is so many different ideas that it's hard to understand it all.
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12th Mar 2020 3:00pm
I don't know what happens after we die. I will find out when my time comes. Keep on writing.
13th Mar 2020 1:20am
13th Mar 2020 1:45am
15th Mar 2020 00:14am
Very thought provoking, Jordan. Excellent writing... I think you will continue to get better and better at it too :)
I hope you've been well... It's an interesting coincidence that we both publish poems about death in similar time frame!
I hope you've been well... It's an interesting coincidence that we both publish poems about death in similar time frame!
15th Mar 2020 2:20am
That is interesting lol. I appreciate that. I thought this was one of my better pieces.
20th Mar 2020 5:51pm
Wow!
This is a super poem, Jordan.
Did these thoughts just flow out of your head like that? You have contemplated many of the searching questions that occupy the minds of the best of individuals all over the world!
The poem is rich with self-interrogation. It is powerful in its reach, in terms of its coverage of subject matter. And it is an admission of the complexities of life that we might never understand.
My message for you, however, is that when one believes in the True and Living God, all other things fall into their proper places. That takes faith. And faith is simple but difficult for those who think it's more complicated than it is. It's like believing that you can sit on a chair without falling because the chair is good enough to hold you. So you sit without even opening your eyes because you have no fear or doubt.
Very well done, my friend.
cab
This is a super poem, Jordan.
Did these thoughts just flow out of your head like that? You have contemplated many of the searching questions that occupy the minds of the best of individuals all over the world!
The poem is rich with self-interrogation. It is powerful in its reach, in terms of its coverage of subject matter. And it is an admission of the complexities of life that we might never understand.
My message for you, however, is that when one believes in the True and Living God, all other things fall into their proper places. That takes faith. And faith is simple but difficult for those who think it's more complicated than it is. It's like believing that you can sit on a chair without falling because the chair is good enough to hold you. So you sit without even opening your eyes because you have no fear or doubt.
Very well done, my friend.
cab
20th Mar 2020 6:24pm
The one great mystery ... part of me wants to find out ... part of me does not ... even though I know it is inevitable ...
