Richard Paulson

Holy Sonnet Of The Two Destinies

 

There\'s an infinite difference between those

That are good and bad; for eternity

Separates them both, and endlessly shows

Some burning with shame, and some with glory.

Think of the eyes that with God\'s brilliance glows

In heaven, and those forever empty

In hell, from where no light and no life flows.

For some have the \'right\' to eat of the tree

Of life, beside the river where it grows

The fruit, to sustain them eternally.

Others, being denied it, have their woes;

For by evil works they are unworthy.

    But they who have the \'right\' deserve to live,

    And God must, in justice, life\'s rivers give.