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No One Cheats Death

Everyone dies at the appointed hour
   No one dies before his time

Bus crash kills 34 students and driver
   Lone gunmen murders 17 in high school
      No one cheats death

No one dies before his time
   Everyone dies at the appointed hour

We cannot part the curtain
   Nor can we fathom the unfathomable
Ineffable His Ways, shrouded in Mystery
   Vision-less, our tears of Misery

Everyone dies at the appointed hour
   No one dies before his time

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M. L. Kiser

Date: 4/18/2019 4:07:00 PM

I believe this to be quite true. Well done.

Gershon Wolf
Date: 4/18/2019 4:36:00 PM

I believe it too... Our D.O.D. is foreordained; only the method/circumstance of its execution is unknown ('till it happens). Grim, but true. : gw

Caren Krutsinger

Date: 4/17/2019 12:45:00 AM

I do believe our death is determined well before we arrive, as I have thought I was definitely DEAD only it did not happen. Over and over. Three times at least; I have no idea why I am still around. But I will keep going, and doing my best until the end is "not the end" but the flesh end. Your poem is a great reminder, it is not up to us!

Gershon Wolf
Date: 4/17/2019 11:48:00 AM

The line between death and life is a fine one, indeed! May you stay on the oxygenated side of it for a long, long time to come, Caren!! :) gw

Tom Cunningham

Date: 4/16/2019 2:08:00 PM

Interesting one Gershon, It's said that our deaths are already decided, hopefully not too soon. Tom

Gershon Wolf
Date: 4/16/2019 8:19:00 PM

We can only hope!!! Thanks for the view and the viewpoint, Tom! :) gw

Anne-Lise Andresen

Date: 4/16/2019 1:57:00 PM

- You're right, Gershon ... but, a tragedy or murder is human determined ... - No God would allow murder - hugs and happy Easter // Anne-Lise :)

Gershon Wolf
Date: 4/16/2019 8:19:00 PM

Thank you for the profound comment, Anne-Lise. I can only state how I see this conundrum: G-d sets the date and appoints the hour/the moment. Then somehow it's all carried out by us mortals. So, the tragedy is executed by humans, but the reckoning is G-d's...