Mystery of the End - www.baileythompson.ca

I’ve always been confused…

What happens after death

And where were we

Before breathing our first breath

I’m not sure what to believe

Ideas of reincarnation unfold

And those who believe in heaven,

I'm not sure what’s right as each one’s told

Reincarnation – It’s a scary subject

Is my sister my friend from another lifetime?

Did I ever answer to another name?

Was I once saving each and every dime?

Are events from before

Reoccurring in my dreams

Will what I do now

Carry on to my next life’s screams?

I recognize you, does that mean

I know you from before

Are you that neighbour,

Who lived on the next floor?

WAIT… what if it’s all wrong

What if reincarnation is a lie

Then what’s the truth?

Is it heaven in the sky

If that’s the truth

Who was I before I was born?

Was I an Angel

Learning how to perform

And what about after this life

Will I again become an Angel?

Where will I go?

Will my eyes still be hazel?

If I become an Angel

Will it still be me?

Will it be the one

Whose reflection I always see?

What if that’s a lie too?

Where will I go

Who will I be

Will it be the me I say I know?

Or maybe death really is the end?

Maybe you only get so long

And then it’s all over

Like the end of a song

Would the world just disappear?

But what would we see

Or would we literally be gone

I still want to be me!

But that can’t be it

We have to go somewhere

It can’t end just like that

It wouldn’t be fair

What happens then

Is to unknown

Too many different beliefs

None yet proven, none yet known

So for now, to me

It will stay a mystery

Until the day

I become history.

By Bailey Thompson

Author's note: Grade 8 poetry anthology. Poem should explain itself. But this was just a way for me to get all the ideas out of my head and put them all on paper. I'm not sure which one I believe though, they're just ideas. Again, this is a poem that displays personal opinion. Other people will have different opinions than me.