I think Canas' story is really really amazing and sad. I finally came round to posting something about Canas' death, but unlike conventional ones, it's about Canas after he dies. Enjoy it.
paradise
The sun is smiling at me
I smile back
The winds call to my ears
I turn to the skies
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Beautiful day, beautiful home
Have I been returned?
Have I really, really…survived?
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Then I glance around
No one. No sounds,
Save the howl of wind, the washes of breeze
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Wondering, I ascend the slopes
When I once found such tiredness doing so,
It now costs me no effort,
Not at all.
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Then I know that this is Heaven.
It's not real, it's just
My version of paradise
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And my version of paradise is…
My home.
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Curiosity gets the better of me again
At the time I died,
It was all stormy,
And not clear and calm like this.
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The winds, the winds that day were thick
Thicker than even the clouds they stirred
Than the snows they raced over
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It hurt, those last moments
But my son safe, it didn't matter much to me
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There, as always, on the peak, is my home
It's just as it was when I left
The door opens without any problems
And inside, I see wonders—
My wife, my mother and my son
Seated around the table at lunch,
All waiting for me to join them.
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"You're late!" Hugh's voice is so bright.
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Gladly, I sit down at the table.
This must be reality!
The snowstorm, the darkness,
It was all a dream.
All just something I imagined!
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Our dinner finished, we sit down
For half the night, we read,
And the warmth of the fire keeps us company,
Draws us all closer to each other
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A true, closely-knit family,
The love bright in all our hearts.
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Coming close to my son, reach out to embrace him,
Ready, ever so ready, to feel his warmth.
But that instant, my hands slip through him,
As if he were just water,
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Tears…
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He laughs as he puts the book away,
And I cannot help but cry a tear
Why must I suffer so?
Can't I just take him in my arms?
Feel his comforting warmth, just once more, once more?
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All too soon, reality returns to me.
I'm dead. It's all gone. I'm in Heaven.
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Is it true that you can never be sad in Heaven?
This is all not real, it's just my version of paradise
Why, then, does my Paradise
make me cry?
I'm not sure what you think of the afterlife, but this is one of my many impressions of it. I hope you liked this, to some extent, and please review. Thanks.