flowers in heaven

FLOWERS IN HEAVEN
WRITTEN BY DODY 02/21/2000

I HAD IN MIND
A QUESTION TO ASK;
A QUESTION FOR GOD;
SUCH A DELICATE TASK.

SHOULD I BOTHER THE ONE
WHO CREATES EACH AND ALL?
SHOULD I BOTHER HIM WITH

SUCH A TRIVIAL CALL?

BUT IT SEEMED SO IMPORTANT,
THIS QUESTION I HAD.
TO ASK SUCH A THING,

IT JUST DIDN’T SEEM BAD.

SO I SAT ALL ALONE,

AND I LOOKED TO THE CLOUDS,
AND I FAITHFULLY ASKED

MY QUESTION ALOUD:

“DEAR GOD, ARE THERE FLOWERS IN HEAVEN?”

I PONDERED THE QUESTION ALL DAY AS I WORKED,
IT SEEMED A BIT SILLY- AND YET IT STILL LURKED.
I WANTED TO KNOW, IT WAS IMPORTANT TO ME.
I WANTED TO KNOW IF IT REALLY COULD BE…

“HEY GOD,, ARE THERE FLOWERS IN HEAVEN?”

A LITTLE THOUGHT IN MY HEART,
I KNEW I COULD HEAR,
SO VERY CLOSE — SO VERY NEAR….

IT WASN’T A THUNDER AND LIGHTNING TO SEE
JUST A GENTLE KIND THOUGHT THAT SMILED TO ME

“YOU ASK IF THERE’S FLOWERS IN HEAVEN?”

HE SAID,
“OUR CREATOR MADE GATES OF THE MOST PRECIOUS OF PEARLS
JUST TO SEE THE DELIGHT OF THE BOYS AND THE GIRLS.
HE MADE STARS THAT CAN TWINKLE
FOR THE STREETS HE USED GOLD;
THEY LEAD ACROSS TO THE MARKET
WHERE HAPPY STORIES ARE TOLD.

THERE’S THE GENTLEST OF BREEZE,
AND BIRDS IN THEIR FLIGHT
AND THE WONDEROUS GLORY OF
THE SUNS GLOWING LIGHT.
THERE IS GREATEST OF JOY
AND THE THRONES FOR THE SAINTS
AND HE MADE ALL THE COLORS
THAT WE USE AS OUR PAINTS.

….BUT YOU ASK IF THERE’S FLOWERS IN HEAVEN???

THERE IS LAUGHTER AND ANGELS AND HOMES FOR US ALL
THERE ARE TREES STANDING ALONGSIDE
THE JEWEL FILLED WALLS.
LIONS AND LEOPARDS IN GENTLENESS SLEEP
ALONGSIDE THE BUNNIES AND KITTENS AND SHEEP.

 

BUT YOU ASK IF THERE’S FLOWERS;
DO YOU NOT UNDERSTAND?
GOD CRAFTED EACH PETAL WITH
HIS OWN BRILLIANT HANDS.
SUCH DELIGHT THEY CAN BRING TO ALL WHO WILL SEE.
DO YOU NOT REALIZE
THE PERFECT BEAUTY THEY FREE?

… WITHOUT FLOWERS,
WHAT WOULD HEAVEN BE?”

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