Dying a Little With Each and Every Breath

Quote- Henri Barbusse ""We are all, always, the desire not to die. This desire is as immeasurable and varied as life's complexity, but at bottom this is what it is: To continue to be, to be more and more, to develop and to endure. All the force we have, all our energy and clearness of mind serve to intensify themselves in one way or another. We intensify ourselves with new impressions, new sensations, new ideas. We endeavour to take what we do not have and to add it to ourselves. Humanity is the desire for novelty founded upon the fear of death. That is what it is."" ***** Dying A Little With Each And Every Breath Within depths of human life, a radiant flame Born from a spark, an unfathomable clear beat Although world teaches that life is but a sad game One that accepts the victories of those that cheat! Lies refuted by radiance of divine light As clear as tides caressing shores from waltzing seas Mankind, wakes to new dawn but fails to walk aright For from the love and truth far too often he flees! Alas! World accelerates the dark within mankind Seeded from birth, darkness unto each coming death Lost soul, forbidding light to enter heart and mind Dying a little with each and every breath! Lies refuted by radiance of divine light. Mankind, wakes to new dawn but fails to walk aright! Robert J. Lindley, 3-30-2021 Sonnet, ( From The Depths, A Truth And A Sight That Time Hath Wrought )