I DO NOT KNOW
The echo of a soaring eagle’s cry
As he wings his way who knows where
The wail of an expectant mother
The cry of the newborn baby
Sounds, sounds of everyday life
But wait! What do I hear now?
Is that a chorus of angels singing
Or the wail of mourners at a wake
I feel no pain, I feel no sorrow
I feel nothing but calm and peace
I glow with the light of a thousand candles
I shine over the night below
Where I am I do not know
Is this heaven or is this hell I do not know
Is it another place that man will never know
Am I going somewhere, I do not know
I felt no death, no pain the end of life
I was lying on a bed but now I float and fly
Being and unbeing was in the blink of an eye
Now I wait for what I do not know.
Is there a God, I do not know
Is there a reckoning, I do not know
Will there be penance, I do not know
Does it really matter, I do not know.
