Energetic: Suspension of Belief

When I was
Very young,
I was taught
That some day,
All good people
Would be resurrected

And in paradise
Would reside
In perfect happiness
For eternity;

And when I heard that,
I rejoiced,
Imagining myself
Spending an eternity
Studying
Every blade of grass;

But, just now,
I thought,
‘How naive,’
And at first
Was filled
With regret;

What foolishness!
How could I
Have been so gullible!
What a dolt I was
To have believed
Such an unlikely story as that!

But then at last,
I smiled,
For now instead
Of waiting on paradise,
I see eternity
In every blade of grass;
What absurdity! What folly!