Our Destiny Is the Dirt
Everybody’s destiny is the dirt
Only question is:
Who’s gonna get buried first
Everybody’s last trip is into the earth
Only question is:
Who’s gonna leave away first
Each decision you make
carries a lot of weight
Some seem big, real important ...
some seem small, of no significance
But a ticket number is assigned to each one;
the larger the number, the longer the days
Yet, someone has to pull the short straw
Fate and chance —
wrong house ... wrong party ... wrong dance
One wrong decision,
and the Reaper with the grim look
got a sickle ready to sever you from the Vine
Man-made design or Divine —
wrong café ... wrong table ... wrong choice of wine
But the decision you made today was a close call,
God’s mercy lengthened your short straw
Another day given,
a delayed encore to the morality play
More time extension
to examine your life, and change some things
But somebody got a purchased ticket
to get sent away
Everybody’s destiny is the dirt
Only question is:
Who’s gonna get buried first
Everybody’s final destination
is six feet under the earth
Only question is:
Who’s gonna arrive there first
Crossing the line of right and wrong
never meant much to some
Swerving back and forth in life like a drunk
But today wasn’t a good day to drive;
if you had stayed sober, you might still be alive
Bad decision on your part,
now there’s a widow with children
crying out their heart
And you over there playing them gangster games,
flashing the gun, taking other people things
Ill gotten gain now in your coveted possession
Today you were granted your death wish obsession
You ran across somebody with a bigger gun,
who had an even bigger anger itch to kill someone
Terrible decision you made,
put your bullet-riddled body in a pauper’s grave
Everybody’s destiny is the dirt
Only question is:
Who’s gonna get buried first
Everybody’s gotta ticket paid for
by their sinful deeds on this earth
Only question is:
Who’s gonna get their’s punched first
Copyright © Freddie Robinson Jr. | Year Posted 2017
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