When I die, I am going to go to heaven. <br />I hope so, anyway. <br />But I do not comprehend what heaven is, or how. <br />It is in opposition to hell. <br />Hell is infinite punishment, which nothing merits but infinite wrong. <br />Conversely nothing merits infinite bliss but infinite good, which God only is capable of, and is. <br />But God is merciful. <br />Where to draw the line between mercy and justice? <br />Valjean, Javert. The former knew. <br /> <br />When I go to heaven, shall I be so innately wise that what knowledge I have gained on earth will have been unnecessary? <br /> <br />We know that we don't know the answers to our questions, but we ask them nonetheless. <br /> <br />(Saturday,5th November,2005.)<br /><br />David Mitchell<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/post-mortem-2/
