WALKING THE STREETS OF HELL AND HEAVEN

Ruhee Joshi
2 min readOct 16, 2022

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As Death slowly and gently,

Swooshed and shadowed over you,

Wrapping you in warm arms,

Above the earth, she flew.

Now to be decided that

where should you be given,

Either to the underworld, Hell?

Or the exquisite land, Heaven?

Heaven, A land of glorious beauty,

Hell, A floor of Demonic cries,

Where are you worth going for?

You think about making a choice.

What would it be like?

To stroll both the places,

The Heaven and The Inferno,

And explore their unique faces?

So the Goddess Death quietly wondered,

After giving it a good thought,

She now smiled at you calmly,

For an amazing idea, she had got.

She passes you over to heaven,

Firstly you notice some pretty nymphs,

Then you see the happy God,

The way he smiles, showering blessings.

Then, you come across other beings,

filled with love and heavenly pleasure,

Peace and scent of humanity around,

Makes this world a precious treasure.

Then suddenly, you are thrown down,

Darkness and denseness you feel

As you fumble everywhere in there,

And you slowly and timidly kneel

Monsters are screaming and running about,

Shouting in pain, anger and guilt,

And some wailing helplessly and shamefully,

But for them is Hell built.

There were creatures begging for mercy,

Though no understanding only hatred, shown

Weeping and groaning in huge discomfort,

Some look hopelessly and just moan.

where do you owe your place?

The perdition or the paradise?

You are lost in the flashback,

Your emotions reflect in your eyes.

You take death’s palms in yours,

And look at her with sadness,

She then smiles at you questioningly,

And soulfully gives your palm a caress.

Finally, you whisper in her ear,

And point down to the Earth,

She gives you a puzzled look,

But that’s where you took birth.

Earth has both, hell and heaven

As it has humanity and cruelty,

You have faced both of them,

thus in there lies your contiguity.

You have encountered both,

Hatred and also Love,

So you take rebirth,

As a peaceful dove,

To spread more love,

And a lot of mirth.

Image is taken from google

A/N: Heyy there!!, hope all of you raspberries are doing well, I hope you like today’s poem, do let me know how it is in the comments section! Sending each one of you lots of love!❤✨🍒

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