February   16,  2021

WILL  I  BE  ABLE?

 

Will I be able to accept death when it comes?

 

I get that thought – that question – when another dies?

 

I wonder about people when they get cancer

and hear a death sentence.

 

This wondering has to be dealt with alone – but I’m sure it helps when there are others around the bed.

 

I think of this when I’ve see YouTube firing squad scenes.

 

If there is nothing after death,  then I’ll never know – 

but I have to ask if that answer is chosen because 

it’s so difficult to accept a next step?

 

I wonder about the other side. Will I wake up in a dark corridor?

 

Will there be those who have gone before me waiting for me?

 

Will I be able to accept death when it comes?

Do I really believe in Christ as the beyond beyond this?

 © Andy Costello, Reflections 2021