I wept when I read the gospel of Mark,
For I wanted to love my life on Earth
And thought "If to heaven I must embark
Then what good could be the world of my birth?".
I wished Jesus would have stayed a corpse
To afford my current life a chance
To swiftly run a short yet well-loved course,
This I admit was my honest stance.
But God consoled me at that sad hour,
"To love this earthly life is right and good,
And thus there is no need to cower.
What I have made will soon be understood