Memento Mori

The bells call forth from mighty tower keeps To herald passing souls from here to there The orange sun upon the hilltop creeps It crucifies night's cold and blind despair And light of day itself may also bluff The flower blooms and will too soon dissolve There is no virtue virtuous enough To ban the steady tide of death's resolve If permanence is just a fleeting dream, Why burden every man and child fair? To ask is chasing shadows down a stream Fall not into the well of when or where These words are written clear for all to see: What I am now you too shall one day be