Spiritual Musings

"Does Heaven Exist?"

By Lysistrata*

So much talk about spiritual matters these days

So many big questions being asked, yet so few answers

Well, one question I have is this: "Does Heaven Exist?"

Furthermore, what about Hell?

Quite honestly, I don't think they are physical places at all

Rather, Heaven and Hell exist within us, and their characteristics manifest themselves according to worldly events

Where there is peace, there is Heaven

Where there is war, there is Hell

It seems that we're in a Hellish state right now

But we can turn things around

So, does Heaven exist?

I say, "Yes. If we want it to, however, we must create it."

*This is my stage name. It is taken from a Greek comedy called Lysistrata, which was written by Aristophanes . The title character is the first anti-war and feminist heroine in literary history. I perform my poetry and spoken-word pieces at Jackson Avenue Coffee in Charleston, IL.