Donal Mahoney- A Poem

What Me Worry?

Why be anxious?

Why worry?

If you believe  

one day you will die,

what else matters?

Whatever catastrophe

occurs in your life, 

it's one of many 

that may occur.

If you don't believe 

you will die, that's 

another matter.

But if you know 

you will die, 

one reason 

to be anxious 

is whether 

there's a heaven, 

a hell or nothing.

If you believe 

there's a heaven

but no hell,  

why be anxious?

You're home free.

If you believe 

there's a hell,

you know if you 

have reason 

to be anxious.

If you believe

there's nothing 

after you die,

no reason to worry.

Covet your neighbor's 

John Deere.

The bottom line?

If you die, 

you'll wake up

some place nice 

or not so nice.

Or you won't wake up. 

Christopher Hitchens 

knows for sure.

 

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Donal Mahoney lives in St. Louis, Missouri.