Immortal

If you had the option to be an immortal, would you leap at the chance, or just let that go? It sounds like a question that’s easy to answer, but I’d recommend that you take it real slow. Are you the only one who lasts forever, outliving all of your family and friends? Do you think you would be able to stomach the funerals of grandchildren meeting their ends? And what of your health? Are you just like you are now, receiving a body that’s twenty years old? The former, depressing, if movement is limited; the latter is one on which I’m not quite sold. Who did you hang with when you were just twenty, and are these the folks with whom you’d spend your time? Nightclubs and dancing for the rest of the ages sounds more like hell than a slice of the divine. I think I’ll pass and just live the remainder of the days God has allotted for me; then when I’ve been ushered into His presence, I’ll sing out His praises for eternity. ————— For the If I Were Immortal Poetry Contest Sponsored by Anoucheka Gangabissoon Written on 04/18/2022