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Have you ever searched for something
You know you’ll never find
Peace of mind, or a love divine
Or a happiness that’s so defined?
He also had such grand desires
To rise above his life of fire
To end the “madness” of which he tired
To figure out how to get higher
All he wanted was an answer
To where he was going in the end
He wasn’t a scientist or much of a lover
Just a more than decent friend
He wondered what came after death
And set out to try and learn
And be the first to tell everyone
Upon his enlightened return.
“I’ve got very little to lose
And I cannot sleep at night
These questions keep plaguing me
It simply isn’t right.”
So he took his own life
And was out quick like that
Everything went dark around him
And then his life truly began
For what seemed like an eternity there was nothing
He thought he had thoughts but he didn’t know
There were no sounds, no sights, no feeling
He waited wondering what to do, where to go.
And then it appeared in what he thought was the sky
Five mountain tops covered in snow
No way to get up them in the air so high
But it didn’t matter he still wanted to go
A path was then set before him
Towards an end he could not see
It led past the mountains in the sky
And made a pit stop near a sea
This sea was not so normal though
It was perpetually flowing
And it was spherical in nature
Waves never ceasing, but continually growing
It looked inviting nonetheless
But a desire to dive in he didn’t feed
He continued walking on the path
Not knowing where it would lead
He moved on for hours
Until the path ended at a station
Saw a girl waiting for a train
And approached her for an explanation
She explained to him that he was not dead
“But if I said you were alive you would also be misled”
“So let’s just say it doesn’t matter what you are
And just continue on instead.”
And at the instant she stopped talking
A train did suddenly appear
Towards it she started walking
And he followed close behind without fear
All the cabins were empty
Except for one near the back
And there sat a being
Fully cloaked in black
It confirmed that the girl was right
That the man was neither alive nor dead
He was simply in between
And how he got there could not be said
“I ended it though,” the man said
“I was searching for answers
About what came after
So surely I must be dead”
“Well I don’t care
And she’s just as lost
But someone might know
When we get off at the next stop.”
And so the train kept moving
And he thought he was getting close
I’ll just figure out what it’s all about
And the truth of it all I will know
The train came to a halt
And they stepped forth off the train
“I’ve got work to do,” said the being
“And so I cannot remain”
It was now just the girl and the man
And he asked her where she’d go
With no response he realized she wasn’t there
And where she had gone to he didn’t know
And so he was alone again
With a path stretched to the mountains
The same ones he had seen before
Just the tops of the peaks, which seemed to soar
He quickly walked along
With a good feeling in his soul
He was climbing the tall peaks
To what he thought was his goal
He had reached the top of the tallest peak
And there he saw, in its majesty
A beautiful house, so grand and sleek
Watching over the snow and all the peaks
He thought “This is it
I’ll finally know
Just exactly how
It was all supposed to go!”
He arrived without breathe
And knocked at the entrance
And it was opened by a man
With quite an elegant stance
“Come in” he said
“I’ve been expecting you
I know who you are
And what you seek to do”
The man was confused
As to how he had known
But with what he’d already seen
Disregarded it and entered his home
“Please take a seat and we’ll talk
I know it’s what you want
And I would love for you to see
Just exactly how things ought to be”
They sat there for sometime
The man was quite pensive
Had all his questions answered
And then got up to leave
“I’ve enjoyed my time here
But I think that I must go
I really have to get back
And let everybody know.”
“I’m willing to let you go
And help they’re minds to expand
But they’re not ready to hear it
They simply will not understand.
Still, you can try
And I’ll await your return
And then maybe you’ll understand
Why it wasn’t so important that you learn
All the secrets to life
How to end all the strife
How to live your life right
Or get through sleepless nights.
Just be who you are
It’s how I made you to be
And when you’re done being there
You can come home to me.”
And then there appeared
A door bathed in flames
“You can go back through here
And return to where you came.”
The man then thought it through
And after a while made up his mind
He would step on through the door
And enlighten all mankind
When the man returned to tell
He was heard but not received
It was his own personal hell
Trying to convince but not being believed
And so he lived his life
Growing more mad by the day
Until one day he died
And across the floating peaks he came
He met up with the elegant man
And was filled with a sense of shame
He had tried to vainly understand
Where he was going and from where he came.
But it made no difference to the elegant man
Who was merely happy that he came
He welcomed him back nonetheless
And loved him all the same
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We continue on now
Only the character differs
Where once there was a man
A woman now appears.
Born into death
Never given a choice
She survived only to die
Another wanderer of the void
Having not known a form
In the previous world
She became here what was intended
A golden haired girl
She was new to the world
Stumbling as she ascended
Saw a path before her
And made to find where it ended
She marched on for hours
Looking around for a clue
Seeing nothing familiar
Seeing nothing she knew
The world was quite empty
Mostly hills rolling on
Now and then possible movement
Only to look and it be gone
Filled with a faith
She continued to move on
Curiosity ensnared her thoughts
As she came to a station
While she waited for the train
Her mind began to walk
Thoughts sprang to life at a whim
And curiosity began to talk
You ought to be aware
That you came here too early
Only able to read one page
Of a million page story
Before this thought was sleeping
No question had her soul
No longer content to sit there
She now had to know
“What if I hadn’t died
But instead I did live
Lived a life the way it could’ve been
And passed on peacefully at its end?”
At that instant a train appeared
Revealing a being
“If that’s truly what you want,
I’ll grant you the feeling.”
Stepping on the train
The doors closed behind
Sitting quietly with the being
Awaiting her second try
The train proceeded to move off
Near the speed of light
Out the window was a dance
Of day to night, day to night
Her vision began to blur
She became a blank slate
Losing consciousness, but finding rebirth
Now attempting to escape fate
Life began anew
A birth into the world
Breathing life here, once again
To the golden haired girl
And so time did pass
And she experienced life
Found love and happiness
Endured hardship and strife
She passed on, again
After many generations
To the land of rolling hills
And inevitably the train station
As she waited for the train
A man happened to appear
He approached her with a question
And feeling safe, she did adhere
He started asking questions
That she knew the answers to
Told him “You’re neither alive nor dead,
And there’s nothing you can do.”
“If I said you were alive
You would only be misled
So let’s just say, it doesn’t matter what you are
And continue on instead”
And at the instant she stopped talking
A train did suddenly appear
Towards it she started walking
And he followed close behind without fear
All the cabins were empty
Except for one near the back
And there sat the being
Fully cloaked in black
It confirmed that the girl was right
That the man was neither alive nor dead
He was simply in between
And how he got there could not be said
And so the train strode off
Now going to its destination
And the girl began to ponder
Coming upon a revelation
“I was given a second chance
And I’m still set here to be
On a train bound to a feeling
And that feeling is free
Free to take me in
And free to love me dear
It is here where I begin
It is here my heart is spared”
As if she were coming home
The comfort drew her near
The train proceeded on
And she knew her place was here
And then the stop appeared
The train had run its course
The man and woman departed
Lead by an invisible force
The man proceeded on
While the girl fell behind
She mused, while he walked on
Lost but to his sight
She contemplated the events
That brought her to this place
Felt sound in her decisions
And continued at a comfortable pace
She walked along for hours
Until the peaks she crossed
She climbed with renewed passion
Now finding what once was lost
Atop there stood a house
A house so sleek and grand
A house to take her in
A truly peaceful end
She knocked upon arrival
And the door was opened wide
There appeared an elegant man
Who met her with loving stride
In an instant they embraced
And she knew that it was here
That she would always stay
Would live forever without fear
“Welcome” the man said
“I’ve been waiting for you
Have a seat right next to me
And let me know what I can do”
They sat and talked for a while
And she felt he knew her best
She found her place in his house
Finished searching and now at rest
And as she began to live
Inside the house so grand
She quickly did meet others
Who had come to this peaceful end
She grew to know them all
All content to live in peace
Right beside the elegant man
Knowing love that never ceased
But unbeknownst to them
The elegant man could not confide
A secret bearing down on him
Out of love he tried to hide
He continued on trying to hide it
His worries would never show
He just continued to love them
Wishing they would never come to know
That a struggle was ensuing
Between the powers that be
The elegant man, the being
And the one, who all of this, did conceive
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