Paradise For The Strong (poem) by Mark Sebring on AuthorsDen

Paradise For The Strong
by Mark Sebring → (All Poetry by Mark Sebring)
Wednesday, October 10, 2018 Rated "G" by the Author.

Save

Follow Share on Facebook



Paradise For The Strong Her hair was dark auburn somewhere between burgundy and brown. I was the right kind of man but I’d been livin’ on the wrong side of town. I’d been prayin’ for daylight but each day just leads to the dark. I finally found fulfillment. Then I gave it up just for a lark. They say the world is our oyster. Treasure each day in the sun. You’ll be missin’ the sunshine when you realize the last one is done. So I found myself wanderin’ ponderin’ ‘bout lost dreams and such. Ain’t but one dream that matters and that dream don’t matter that much. I get to thinkin’ about dyin’ wonderin’ what comes at the end. When it’s finally my turn might be wishin’ I’d found me a friend. When the Lord comes to see me I’ll ask him what took him so long. I’m resigned to the darkness. They’ve saved paradise for the strong. When the Lord comes to get me I’ll ask him what took him so long. I’ve accepted the darkness. Ain’t paradise just for the strong? Mark Sebring (2018) "Some folks just believe in the things they've heard and the things they've read. Nobody knows what waits for the dead." Nobody knows what waits for the dead.

Reviewed by Mark Sebring

Reviewed on November 30, 2019

I did my best. It wasn't much.
I couldn't feel, so I tried to touch.
I've told the truth. I didn't come to fool ya.
And even though it all went wrong
I'll stand before the Lord of Song
with nothing on my tongue but Hallelujah.
Leonard Cohen (Hallelujah)

Reviewed by Chanti Niven

Reviewed on October 22, 2018

I could 'hear' this as music. You're such a gifted poet/writer Mark. Love reading your work.

Reviewed by La Belle Rouge Poetess Of The Heart

Reviewed on October 17, 2018

Enjoyed the poem and the dialect very much.

Reviewed by Ronald Hull

Reviewed on October 12, 2018

I usually don't comment on religious poems. But I place this one more like lyrics for a spiritual that I heard a chorus singing one time. Great words with powerful meaning.

Ron