Unwelcome Mat

We now no longer camp as for a night, but have settled down on earth and forgotten heaven. - Thoreau

hung my coat and flung my hat

another lonely, hungry, wanting soul begat

flapped my arms and started to fly

trying to find heaven before i die

faith and love being the winds that carry me high

at least until i go splat

on the doorstep of someone's unwelcome mat

forgetting how to cry

Author's Note

"We don't know if there is a place after this life called Heaven, but we know that being in the mountains is the closest thing we have experienced to Heaven on Earth." - Thoreau