Nobody wants to die but I don't mind trying it if I can come back should I not like it but it can't be all bad says my Sunday School teacher, after all if I don't die then I can't go to Heaven to live forever, which doesn't make sense but that's why it's religion and of course I could go to Hell as well and dwell for -ever there though it's not nearly as nice as Heaven. Then there's the Resurrection --Jesus was on His feet again three days after we nailed Him, I think that's what I'd like, to live forever that way though on Earth is best, I'll take Earth over Heaven, forget that I'll live less here but longer.
About the Author: Gale Acuff has had poetry published in Ascent, Chiron Review, McNeese Review, Adirondack Review, Weber, Florida Review, South Carolina Review, Carolina Quarterly, Arkansas Review, Poem, South Dakota Review, and many other journals. He has authored three books of poetry: Buffalo Nickel (BrickHouse Press, 2004), The Weight of the World (BrickHouse, 2006), and The Story of My Lives (BrickHouse, 2008).
Gale has taught university English in the US, China, and the Palestinian West Bank.
Image Credit: George Inness Landscape (Evening Landscape) (1889) Public Domain image courtesy of Artvee
As It Ought To Be 