In paradise before death

And for the first time
the rich and the poor can see
eye to eye to eye
lie down side by side by side
perceive the odour of fear.

There’d be no difference
in the colours of their eyes
both white and both brown.
There is no gap anymore
just the amount of breath left

But in paradise
we may welcome the surprise
that the good we did
was as bad as recorded.
We would have lived for ourselves.

Leonell