I Fear Death

I do not believe in the hereafter one reason that i do fear death One reason i wish to keep living and that i will fight for my final breath I do not believe post bodily death that the soul has wings to fly To the paradise of the God people believe in a World somewhere beyond the sky Of the post bodily death places often referred to as heaven and hell Any deceased person i have known of their existence to me have not come back to tell I am one of those a Doubting Thomas i need proof before i believe To religious thoughts my mind is not open and a closed mind new thinking will not receive In ways i envy those with the gift of faith for faith it does give rise to hope And those with hope in the life hereafter with the thought of death can better cope Suppose we are what we are in our thinking and what we are till death we will be What is true and real to many people is just an illusion to me I fear death because i want to keep living since i do not believe in a God in for to pray But i like any other mortal know that i must die one day.