Heartbeats and the Fear of Death

Life is so short 
But you wear trousers a blazer and a tie 
You make money and drive by 
Watch the news you are sad some random people died 
You are still too important to die 
You have a dream to keep you alive 
And god to count you more breaths than time 
Because those that died didn't have your tie 

4 billion years ago the world was made 
not even a fraction ago  and man was made 
And now the world is  a man made drain  
The beauty and the pain 
Global warming and a mattress 
But still you cannot cure death

   
Through the generations alive  
Billions have cried then died 
To the future we all are dead
To your children they mourn at your grave 
A skull on a flag  a cemetery on a map 
The beauty of death made art

I know its not normal to think about death
But death is normal even in perfect health
The truism that we all gonna die 
And every birthday a countdown to the grave 
Second by minute  by inch till it's  six feet under their feet 

It is sad to watch the world go by 
Celebrating life just to forget we are dead 
In a thousand years your life wont mean much 
But thank God you got kids and the kids got kids 
Because as long man still exists  
We achieve a species dream 
To die for man to keep living 

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