More Than Once by Peter Nolan Smith

I have died more than once
Recently
I have passed over more than once
I have existed on the other side more than once
Always the same the other side more than once
White light more than once
As an atheist no surprise
No God, no heaven, no hell, no purgatory
Only white light more than once
But it was someplace
And then I was reincarnated from the white light
Back to Life more than once
To the same body more than once__
I told a believer who had gone and come back once
About the white light
The believer nodded and said
He had seen the Pearly Gates
Once on the other side
But no God__
Maybe the next time
I'll see Paradise
But I prefer the white light
Another time
Because it is always better here
Than there in the white light more than once
Always, because in this life
I have a few more than once left in me
Ah, infinity__

Foto by Philippe Rodrique - US 1 North of Dover-Foxcroft - 1991

WHITE LIGHT - THE VELVET UNDERGROUND - Recorded at the Boston Tea Party - 1968