I don’t want to die but I’m getting old
Gale Acuff
or at least my body is and won't last
too many more years much less forever
but forever I don't really need and
at Sunday School they say that forever's
not true Eternity anyway, it's
not a matter of time, Eternity
that is, but of something that goes deep or
is that deeply but when our teacher asked
Who wants to go to Heaven when they die
and get one of those brand-new bodies God\
promises every true believer I
raised my hand and asked if I couldn't just
have this one fixed as needed but she said
No like she's in charge. I'll try her next week.
Gale Acuff has had hundreds of poems published in a dozen countries and is the author of three books of poetry. He has taught university English in the US, China, and Palestine.