What Do I Know?

What do I know about life after death? 

About as much, and as little,

as I do about God in this life:

perhaps a glimpse or two,

a few inklings.

Today, I thought I recognized something

below the steel-gray sky,

in the spare light of the sun

radiating on the snow-covered lawn:   

a chaste and gentle beauty

to move the heart

and encourage the soul,

lasting only for a moment,

and for ever.

Edward R. Dufresne © 2021