Dead Reckoning

  Is the earth still there,
when I’m not there to see it?
Is the sky still there? The sun?
Is the bird up there, there
when I cannot decree it?
Will the world still be
when I am made to flee it?
Will the sky still be? The sun?
Will the bird up there be there?
Can someone guarantee it?  
  J.D. Heskin Duluth, Minnesota