Eternity

Sometimes I wonder

   if a big part of hell

      isn't getting exactly

         what we want,

      and being stuck

   with precisely the God

for which we've settled;

to be securely locked away

   from all who bear differences

      of origin or opinion,

         of appearance or circumstance;

to be covered up

   and weighed down

      by all the stuff

         we've gated, hoarded,

      and even learned to worship;

to be unable to fully

   let go to grace,

      always subject to a deity

         who rewards obedience

      and punishes transgression,

never quite knowing

   how much good is enough or

      how much bad is too much.

If we're already neck-deep

   in this kind of zombie-life now,

      imagine how painful it will be

         to choose the same path for infinity.

On the other hand,

   there's always mystery;

      changing, growing,

         shifting, surprising, surrendering.

      Where are you on the journey?

© 2015 Todd Jenkins