Where is heaven?
Is it some place far
Or is it close
To where we are?
Religion cast
A seductive spell –
Go to heaven
Or straight to hell
But is heaven
A place in the sky
Or a fledgling soul
Learning to fly?
Heaven can be
A place on this earth
And so can hell
If we give it birth
Could heaven be
A state of mind
A way of being
For us all to find?
It is our right
To question why
But if we’re wrong
I guess we’ll fry
Wayne Visser © 2005
Book
String, Donuts, Bubbles and Me: Favourite Philosophical Poems
This creative collection, now in its 3rd edition, brings together philosophical poems by Wayne Visser. In this anthology, he muses on subjects ranging from space, angels and destiny to time, science and meaning in life. According to scientists / The world’s made of string / That buzzes and fuzzes / Or some such strange thing / It’s also a donut / That curls round a hole / With middles and riddles / Just like a fish bowl / And there’s no mistaking / It’s more than 3-D / With twenty or plenty / Dimensions unseen / Still others insist / It’s really a bubble / That’s popping and bopping / Through the lenses of Hubble. Buy the paper book / Buy the e-book.
