The Journey

With the suddenness of a locomotive that has come to an abrupt halt, he fell motionless and in a coffin lay. like - All mystery sealed in a jar, All agony compressed in a tremulous whimper, All charms shut in an amulet amid, the scent of burning incense, frozen silence, heaving hearts and silent prayers, While the chariot wheeled him along the mazy paths, stretching, stretching endless to a world, beyond all galaxies, to the Elysian Fields- to a time immeasurable To abiding infinity To inconceivable eternity! !