Of Life and Death


We all believe that we owed a certain amount of time

For our own personal journey and for those we love

Nowhere is it written how many days we get

And nowhere can you find that life and love

Will be fair or even kind

We all believe that death is something

That we all will experience and the loss of someone we love

Will happen regardless of whether we are prepared or not

In the hour of a loved one suffering

We greedily grasp and beg for more time and a miracle

Whether at the end of a long fruitful walk

Or a brief fight for survival from being born

The heart break and the gaping hole death leaves

Because we cling dearly to the belief that those we love

Regardless of age or bouts of sickness, should live for as long as we do

To avoid the emptiness and ache

There are no answers as to why some suffer long

Fight like crazy to remain then lose the battle

Or why a life that had life threatening issues from conception

Was allowed to be born and the parents fall in love with him or her

To do everything they are supposed to do to but then have to say goodbye

None of that is fair

Even though we are not promised how long

Or given a chapter by chapter read out of our life or

Warning of how we will pass

I am not so sure we would react any different

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