If There Is A Hereafter Poem by Francis Duggan

If there is a hereafter and since to a God i do not pray
For the sins of my life some price i will have to pay
There are some choices in life that are ours for to make
And the choice that could cost me soul damnation i am willing to take
I could not believe in the existence of a God or a life after death just for believing sake
Though people who questioned God's existence in centuries long gone were burnt at the stake
If there is a life after death perhaps i will be in Hell
Among the worst of the worst i will forever dwell
Though i fear the Reaper of lives more than i fear soul damnation for eternity
For death is forever that's how it seems to me
If there is a life after death soul damnation may be my due
But to my higher self i can only be true
And my higher self tells me life ends in death
That nothingness for us begins when we draw our last breath.