Paradise Lies Ahead Poem by RoseAnn V. Shawiak

Paradise lies ahead of us, wanting it so very much, yet knowing
that life must fulfill it's sole purpose first, searching and
doing everything possible to finish it in order to go to heaven.

Yet it keeps getting stretched out further and further it seems,
the more we gain on it, the farther behind it seems to get, lean-
ing on poetry, music and art, all gifts from God.

Doing what can be done through writing to people all over the
world, listening to others, treating everyone with respect and
dignity.

Expecting only goodness from everyone we meet, but it doesn't
always happen that way, because there are some very evil and
depraved individuals in this world.