A Path More Travelled

There is something, some energy that dwells within  
Some otherworldly being connected to all other life  
When the electromagnetic aura of the body ceases to exist  
Where does the spirit go, what happens to the soul?  
 
What force exerts the weight of twenty-one grams on gravity  
That once the cocoon of birth gives way to the after-life  
Is measured momentarily after the final breath released  
When escape lifts beyond our grasp or falls eternally  
 
Does pain follow as a comets tail or can we let it go?  
Do we reconnect with those we shared the bonds of life?  
Does the love experienced throughout continue there with us?  
Is there a path more traveled than the road that death walks down?  
 
Dead ends are placed by man where the street can lead no more  
And when there comes an ending where only ghosts can go  
Does all that has been learned and loved evaporate in dust  
Or is there somewhere to reunite within a Holy One?  
 
 
 
 
*1/13/2012
 JJ