Life and Death

Many plan to live for ever But can only try Death always visits No matter how hard we cry Faith in longevity is ill-judged Life spans vary Time rolls by One day we are welcomed Another we have to say goodbye To be distressed about death Is to want to go on and on None can out last the end The biggest question is WHEN Living and dying are twins That cancel out each other Only one can take the stage But they are eternal bedfellows The only truth we know Is that we who live must die This is our only steadfast truth Any other idiom is a lie When we are stone cold That’s when life stops An obvious statement That the daily grind of living cannot forget Three score ten? That’s a myth from way back then You are here one minute And gone the next All before you live The life you thought best Death is here to stay It outlives the now It cannot be bribed It cannot be bargained with It just takes as it sees fit Luckily it only comes After you have lived