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There was nothing to see…
When he fell fast asleep…
No light and no tunnel…
No angels that weep…
When he closed his eyes…
And his heart stopped beating…
There was just darkness…
No one there to greet him…

No sign of St Peter…
No big pearly gates…
Was he really dead…
Was this all that lie in wait…
No Heaven to enter…
Just this Black Hell…
He wanted to scream…
He wanted to yell…

And return to the living…
Regain his ordinary life…
On the cold cruel Earth…
Back to his faithful wife…
Who grieved down below…
Hoping to see him again…
When it was her time…
To gracefully ascend…

But now he realised…
Never again would they meet…
They were parted for good…
His love now obsolete…
And as he floated in darkness…
His mind in total torment…
What was left of his soul…
Began to quietly lament…

As for time immemorial…
He was now alone…
Just his mental ability…
To wander this Twilight Zone…
For there was nothing to see…
When he fell fast asleep…
No light and no tunnel…
And no angels that weep…

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