The Long Road To Paradise

As in that bed, I lie down,

With a sweet melody that sings over me,

Neither do I smile, nor do I frown,

I am free, I am free.

What happened was imminent,

What will happen is unknown,

In darkness here I am surrounded,

No television, no phone.

I had always been a fighter,

But does it matter now?

I have nothing to do except,

Gaze at the grazing cow.

I just wait for the day,

When a flower will I become,

Or be the leaf of a tree and sway,

Or a fruit destined to ripen.

Am I trapped here for eternity?

Or will I someday get the endless pleasure?

Are my sins paying off,

And obstructing me from that treasure?

As the elegy sounds,

In the lonely churchyard,

I know my heart will never pound,

Beneath the stone in my graveyard,

Now I know my forefathers and fathers were wise,

It is indeed a long way to paradise.