I could not stay, without an escort
we traveled under the seven heavens
and only later did I realize that
up there are the souls

of Adam – expelled just like us
John and Jesus – the messengers
Joseph – rejected by his family
and Enoch – the living teacher

Aaron – still loved
Moses – the patient
in the desert of unbelief
and Abraham – the first to surrender

With borrowed eyes I see
under the heavenly light the radiant
new Jerusalem, the city
that we are going to build here