By Thomas Caterer
‘Belief in the afterlife is just a fairytale
for those afraid of death; of their own mortality’
this sounds like something that needs to be repeated
to convince oneself of its veracity
What of those afraid of life?
are they not comforted by the oft repeated mantra,
the materialists’ recruitment slogan; ‘there is nothing after death’
you can never be hurt again, you are safe and sound
You are safe from pain, and safe from having to make hard decisions
decisions that can break your heart and the hearts of others
infinite darkness sounds like the real fairytale
that in one violent instant or at the end of a steady decline
we could be free from all of the world’s suffering and all of our kind’s crimes
Could we all be let off so easily? Enough of this dreaming
Awaken even though it’s hard
Awaken even though it hurts
Awaken because it’s hard
Awaken because it hurts
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