Letter from a retired scientist
Lately I have thought about the afterlife
And how I stopped believing in it
Not because I read too many books
Not because I looked at the atoms and the planets for too long
No
I held a firm gaze on this planet as it is
And in the glow of the bushfires
And in the stream of the floods
I stepped over a line of empathy
There is not a drop of love in me anymore
I know there is
So as I pick my coffin and recite my favorite songs for the wake
I try to give my grandchildren all the love in me
So that nothing in me remains
Because if there is an afterlife
I will not stand a chance with the guilt
Of surviving the fires and the floods
And how I stopped believing in it
Not because I read too many books
Not because I looked at the atoms and the planets for too long
No
I held a firm gaze on this planet as it is
And in the glow of the bushfires
And in the stream of the floods
I stepped over a line of empathy
There is not a drop of love in me anymore
I know there is
So as I pick my coffin and recite my favorite songs for the wake
I try to give my grandchildren all the love in me
So that nothing in me remains
Because if there is an afterlife
I will not stand a chance with the guilt
Of surviving the fires and the floods
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Writer(s): Mimmi Ahonen
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