What is Heaven by Cathy Song about?

In “Heaven” by Cathy Song, the speaker describes her deceased mother’s journey beyond Earth and life into the afterlife, Heaven. In the narrative, she highlights her mother’s struggles between faith and doubt throughout her life and contemplates various religious views of the hereafter.

The poem touches upon themes of spirituality, faith, loss, and grief as the speaker navigates their perception of Heaven and their mother’s place within it.