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The Last Equalizer

Human and animal,
Are alike;
Death comes to all,
No matter how high you climb;
You can’t escape its wall.

Death comes to all;
It always hits its mark.
You can’t escape it’s wall;
Not even in the dark.

It always hits its mark;
With arrows of precision.
Not even in the dark;
Can you escape its decision.

Death makes no distinction;
It always hits its mark.
Exempting not one nation;
Not even in the dark.

Its prey is all-inclusive;
Death makes no distinction.
Awaiting, no excuses;
Exempting not one nation.

Death does not discriminate;
Its prey is all-inclusive.
No race escapes the claws of fate;
Awaiting no excuses.

As claws clench the unaware;
Death does not discriminate.
Blink an eye and it is there;
No one escapes the laws of fate.

Deaths rules will never bend;
No matter how high you climb.
Everything has an end;
Human and animal alike.

Copyright © M. L. Kiser | Year Posted 2018

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Joe Dimino Date: 8/22/2018 12:56:00 PM Well, unlike a good meal and a fine beer, death is not something I look forward to...but, we all have been there before:) Great write! Love it. Login to Reply M. L. Kiser Date: 8/24/2018 1:41:00 PM Thank you, Joe

Sara Kendrick Date: 8/16/2018 4:40:00 PM Got this one correct. We don't like to think about it but it is all of the creatures on earth's fate. Thanks for the visit to my page. I am honored that you would fav my poem.Sara Login to Reply M. L. Kiser Date: 8/24/2018 1:42:00 PM Thank you, Sara; I think that I've fav'd a couple of your poems in the past. Sometimes I like to go back and re-read them a few times; they're so wonderful.

Connie Marcum Wong Date: 8/16/2018 3:36:00 PM I think it is a good thing that we don't know when death will visit. But we all know oneday it will. My hope is that death will come in my sleep. I enjoyed your poem M.L. A great Pantoum! I don't think I have ever written in this form. It is too challenging. : ) Login to Reply M. L. Kiser Date: 8/24/2018 1:44:00 PM Thank you, Connie. I lost my grandmother and best friend as a child so, I have thought about death a lot throughout my lifetime. I've researched it a lot, too and I think I'm now pretty comfortable with the idea so, when I get that last prognosis...I don't think it will haunt me like my grandmother's did. Appreciate your stopping by to read and comment.