level 9 earthquake on the richter scale

i hate the idea of forever

 

and i may be the only person who trembles when someone mentions

eternity or infinity or forever and when those christian ministers

mention heaven,

but i do tremble, well actually

i quake;

like my body is the earth

and has just been struck by a level 9 earthquake on the richter scale

with houses collapsing in and mountains imploding while oceans are

exploading and people are screaming, screaming so loud that i can

hear it in my ears, ringing

like a million church bells on sunday morning while my heart

skips like a little girl and her friends playing double dutch on a saturday

afternoon and her mom is watching with a smile, but i'm not smiling

because my body is quaking like it has just been struck

by a level 9 earthquake on the richter scale.

 

i don't know why my body trembles

[quakes]

so much at the mention of forever, but i much prefer

to be stuck here in today and not give a damn

about what will happen tomorrow.