\u201cHello!\u201d I said,
\nas I knocked at Life\u2019s door.
\n\u201cI have come from the dust of eternity.
\nI received your invitation so…,\u201d
\nI paused, not knowing what else to say.
\nLife had such an impressive palace.
\nSo many windows
\nit dazzled me in the darkness.
\nIt looked like a galaxy,
\na chandelier of quartz and glass,
\nand its gardens were so elaborate
\nI thought I\u2019d never make it to the door.<\/p>\n
I examined everything
\nand was worried I would be late.
\nSo here I was at a loss for words,
\nand Life,
\nwith a face of a thousand thoughts
\nlooked at me and nodded.
\n\u201cI got your invitation,\u201d I volunteered,
\nwhen the world woke up
\nand revealed itself.
\nI was sleeping by a star
\non the fringes of forever
\nwhen your call arrived,
\nand I\u2019ve been traveling ever since.
\nI was afraid I\u2019d be late,\u201d I added.<\/p>\n
But Life said nothing,
\njust smiled,
\na thousand different smiles in one.
\nI thought,
\nperhaps I should leave,
\nbut Life shook its head,
\naware of my thought,
\nand a bell sounded in the distance
\nand the palace was reduced
\nto a small, plain house,
\nand there were children
\nplaying in the back yard,
\nand a dog barked,
\nand I heard a voice say quietly,
\n\u201cThere is more happiness here
\nthan in the whole universe.<\/p>\n
“And there is a sea of tears,
\nmore wet than all the eternal oceans,
\nand there is love,
\nmore sweet than all the fruit
\nthat will ever be grown.
\nAnd you are given time
\nand all its secrets,
\nas long as you like,
\nand never enough,
\nto learn what I am.
\nWhen we meet again
\nI will be called death.
\nMy gift is your life.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
\u201cHello!\u201d I said, as I knocked at Life\u2019s door. \u201cI have come from the dust of eternity. I received your invitation so…,\u201d I paused, not…<\/p>\n