“Beam me up Scotty”
Says Captain Kurk of the Starship Enterprise
Escaping yet another crisis on a mysterious world
Of the Star Trek universe
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Beam me up remains a tempting image
It’s messy down here, being human
And a residual notion of Heaven
Up there
Still lurks
A place I’d like to be
Away from all this
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And yet
Human is what I am
Messy is what I am
Scared and sad and angry and joyful
Are emotions that come and go
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I can resist
Though such resistance really is futile
No, not the Borg, also from Star Trek
Who demanded assimilation
Rather Rumi’s reminder
“Each has been sent as a guide from beyond”
With new delights they may be bringing
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Resistance is futile
Gratitude is essential
If I am to experience
The here
The now
That this messy life has to offer
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And if there is somewhere anything like heaven
Anything like the beyond
Well, it can wait…
