In the beginning I awaited anxiously

 

My turn finally came

 

Gathering around, all other souls wished me Mazal-Tov—good luck!

 

As my soul merged into my body, as I celebrated milestones: bris, upshernish, bar-mitzvah or bat-mitzvah respectively

 

Progressively becoming more aware

 

Discerning, Seeking, Learning

 

As my allotted mission of light and love, goodness and kindness ended

 

An unwelcome visitor said “hello”

 

The malach hamaves, the satan, the angel of death

 

“But this is my home!”

 

Mirthlessly a hollow voice said, “You are coming home.”

 

And no doctor and no potion could stay his sword

 

As I drifted into heaven, surrounded by all past loved ones, a new dimension unfolded

 

“I am not my body and my body is not me”

 

As worms began and the stench followed, I disassociated from the flesh

 

Facing heaven, my life flashed, but oh’ to clearly

 

My every word was worth a thousand tons

 

My every act counted like all the gold ever found

 

As the scales of my good or bad, my kindness versus my cruelty, my love versus my hate

 

Luckily in my favor, good outweighs

 

And in joyous exultation I entered into the heavenly academy

 

From the mouth of Mosses, I studied The Five Books of Mosses

 

From the mouth of Aharon his brother, how to love

 

From Rabbi Shimon bar Yochia, esoteric secrets

 

Could it be that I pursed vain vanities?

 

When true riches were in holy-wisdom

 

Could it be that money was my god

 

When all the money compares not to a single truth