Paradise

Strange how humankind
fantasises, maybe believes
stories and dreams of paradise
of Heaven, Nirvana, Valhalla,
the Happy Hunting Grounds,
Avalon, Eldorado, Lotus Land,
Utopia or Shangri-La.
We speak of being
on Cloud Nine;
over the Moon;
in a Bed of Roses.

But is this yearning for bliss
just a sad fallacy
in a flawed world?   

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