To the Truth will arrive everyone,
who steps beyond at their journey's end,
down one of all the paths,
choosing at their crossroads' bend.
For there, on the other side, none will be
blind or deaf in their plight,
but will confront their true drama
with soul and spirit in sight.
Whether sinking into darkness,
or soaring to great heights —
they claim their reward
for all their earthly nights.
Whether bound by rope or chain,
tied down in life by those things,
they'll rise in peace above,
or descend in fear to what dread brings.
And they won't ask a single question
of why they're here or there,
for the revealed Truth
will leave their breath silent in the air.
Fate is not a die in a casino
nor a strong card in bridge or whist.
Even having lived like in a movie —
a person has but one life in the midst.
And it’s worth the prayer to kneel,
before God, face to the ground,
before death strips them bare
to a slave with a heart tightly bound.
For the Truth saves in the now,
once it enlightens the spirit within,
but on the other side, it’s the Judge,
who closes the gates of Heaven's kin.
To her will arrive everyone,
born of flesh in this world’s sight —
down one of all the paths,
choosing at their crossroads' height.
Stefan Glavchev
(Fleeting Remains)
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