Afterlife

She said she didn't believe in an afterlife.

"We die and that is that. 

Our best chance for a good life is here and now."

I said I had experiences to make me believe there is more...

when people I knew were close to death, they saw

members of their family gathering to escort them home.

She said, "It was only the chemical reaction of dying

combined with a strong belief system

that created those images."

I asked her is she knew anyone who had died

and was she with them when they were 

close to death?

She said, "I only knew my husband Burt,

who suffered dementia for several years, he became afraid 

when the men in black appeared at his bedside.

We sedated him and he died without incident."

I guess I wouldn't believe either 

if that was my only experience of death.