After

And after life
Is done what then?
Halos and harps ain’t
Likely but perhaps our
Souls are a primitive way
Of seeing that some core
Of our sentient awareness
Continues on separate from
Our bodies to join a universal
Sentience in the universe for
Good as coincidence as we
Observe life which would
Explain why so many of
The coincidence in our
History of humanity
Have been helpful
Not harmful so I
Used to tell my
Students that
Coincidence
Are God’s
Finger
Prints
Not
Just luck.
How strange
To be a spirit entity
Unhindered by a body
And rules of ridged physics
Which must apply to all
Sentient beings dogs
Cats cows insects
Plants all life as
We know it a
Part of the
Sentience
Aware not
Just here
But all
Across the
Universe beyond
Time and space all
The way to the other
Side of right now forever.
Or, have I said too much,
Have I gone too far to
Suggest a reality
Beyond simple
Mythology
We call
Faith
And religion
Sacrosanct from
Annoying questions
But I suppose still necessary
Since universal sentience
Is rather a big bite of
Reality to swallow
All at once and
We have time
No pun was
Intended.