There are always going to be days when we find ourselves in situations which can only be described as “heavenly”. Some years ago I sat on a hotel balcony in Cyprus, basking in the heat of the sun, feeling happy and relaxed. I glanced around and admired the view and my surroundings and it occurred to me that I was experiencing my heaven. It occurred to me that heaven doesn’t have to be a far off place, in another dimension. Heavenly feelings and thoughts can be experienced in simple things – it can be right now, right here …
Heaven
Heaven is not in the sky
Heaven is where I want it to be
Heaven is here on the balcony
Heaven can be there walking by the sea
Heaven is to the right of me
Heaven is to the left of me
Heaven surrounds me
I must not go looking
I must not go searching
Heaven surrounds me
Heaven is in a beautiful flower
Heaven calls me in a church tower
Heaven beckons me with angelic fingers
Pointing accurately to the shores of infinity
Heaven’s door never closes
I can approach it in small doses
Or I can jump in fully clothed
In moments of sanity or even insanity
And bathe in the glorious swell of its tidal wave
Heaven chooses me
Heaven doesn’t exclude me
Heaven is where I want it to be
And for that I am thankful
© Marie Williams July 2009
