Hobson's Choice

"To die.To sleep?Perchance to dream?" There is but one we will know If immortality is in life's scheme. If mortality is the only show Then will our bodies turn to dust Mouldering in slow decay Only in memory will we be discussed And even reminiscence will pass away. Hope or despair,survival or extinction Will wait until the veil of life is drawn Lean towards one means the soul's destruction No one will then know the truth ,once gone. One path offers much more comfort The other being so bleak Religions offer the crutch of support Humanism the second prefers to seek I would pray for the life eternal With its hope of renewal and complete bliss The other option to me reeks of the infernal With its impersonal emptiness