Ether

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Weary and unwhole,

has grown my soul,

as I lay dying of old age's fever.

I have hung my sword,

asked for forgiveness from God,

pleading to enter ether.

The life I lived was fast and quick,

filled with days, black and bleak,

I lament, as I lay dying of old age's fever.

A second chance I will never get,

my bliss will only be for God to let

my soul enter ether.

As it came closer, my death,

as I was about to breathe my concluding breath,

I saw an angel, wings of silver.

"Take me to heaven!" I cried,

"I lived a Godful life." I lied,

a lie to enter ether.

"Ether, " said he, the angel,

"is not somewhere you go when you die

but the life you live, life given by the giver."

As I entered the darkness of my death,

I realized what he meant,

I wasted my life,

my only heaven, my beautiful ether.

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