Albert Ahearn Poet Verse

The End

Death, the final equalizer;
be it a leaf, human or star
their end is inevitable.
Can it easily be conceived?
will it truly be understood?
Do their unique differences:
diminutive or gigantic
change deaths meaning and concept?
Does any of that matter much?
Humans perceive death as macabre
a horror of loss and decay.
leaf and star suffer the same fate
yet both lives end naturally
without a promised afterlife.

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Albert Ahearn October 3, 2012 at 11:42 AM Three forms. Let us not forget the human form. It is my belief that everything in the vast universes are relative without exceptions within the scheme of all that exists; and when the end comes it is the same for all without any conjured promises.

Stephen Parker October 3, 2012 at 9:48 AM I would much more prefer the afterlife over a sputtering end! A nice philosophical treatise spun! You did a great job of comparing and contrasting two, natural forms. Enjoyed your poem!