Aurora Magazine 2019

To Heaven and Back

Jessica Gross

Clouds like an expanding sea A grand place just for me Soothing light from all around The peaceful place above the ground Yellows and pinks color the clouds at my feet There’s a man dressed in a white sheet Rainbows dance across his clothes Silently he listens to all my woes He rests a hand on my shoulder and says, “Take heart”

For he knows the pain is about to start So I look the Son of God in the face Then fall into his sweet embrace Darkness takes over the room It’s all over I assume Heavenly forms beckon’ It’s all over I reckon’ A burst of light I’m full of fright It is then I awaken from my sleep Though I never make a peep About my journey to heaven

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