Where Will I Go?

If I should die, where will I go?

Once passing that so peaceful movement that will leave me so relaxed.,

Where will I go?

Will I move onto those promised lands that all religions predict.,

Or will I just suddenly become 'cease to be'?

People I have known long in the past.,

Now all gone.,

Where are they all now?

I hold them all in my mind but is that only where they exits now -

Are they all simply non-existent and just a fragment of my memories?

Does my life live on with my children and grandchildren..,

But if I have none - where am I now?

Such talents, experience and love, all fades away when I die,

Soon to be forgotten in one generation.

But where does it all go when I am gone.

Reviews

[Rachid Amrani]

Well written Mrs. Peters. In addition to the beauty and creativity in your piece, your work conveys profound concepts about life, death, family, and memories. It was pleasure to read

Rachid

[Christine Peters]

Thank you Rachid – call me Chris.

I never really consider myself to be a poet.,
read moreThank you Rachid – call me Chris.

I never really consider myself to be a poet.,

As said in my profile, I just write about life.

Now recently aged seventy, I began to think about this – especially with the so many people I have since lost.

It's just a thought of mine Rachid and nothing more than that.

[Rachid Amrani]

Pleasure to make your acquaintance Chris. You might not think you're a poet but your poem really has in it what amounts to pure creativity and beauty. You know how to select your words and use them at the right time in the right place. I'm sorry that you had lost people you had known and had a bond with, it can be very hard as I've had experienced myself. By writing about life and the people we love dearly we honor them and keep them in our memory and our hearts.

Rachid

[Donna]

I like this poem! There are so many unanswered questions that we will never know until it is our time. I also wrote a similar poem if your interested in reading it. It is called, "Where Do We Go."
Thank you for sharing this!

[Christine Peters]

Thanks for your comment.

I edited it many times because I kept looking for answers and many more questions I wanted to ask.

In my mind, I have lost ones that I so have loved and as I lie in bed each night I find it so hard to believe that they are simply non-existent anymore. I would like to believe that is not so, but I am not so sure.

Thanks again,

Chris