Ishaisms, Poetry

The two lines

Describe a random encounter with a stranger that stuck out to you. As the sinners lined upon the way to hellI met the eyes of onewho'd been looking at me'Pray, what did you doto merit heaven?'I responded, 'I loved…as the prophet said'.He chuckled, the sinnerunder his breaththen looked at me saying'So you've punished yourself'.