Imminent Death

Imminent Death                                  October 13, 2005

From the moment we are born,

From the point when we're first coddled,

We're doomed to die,

Doomed to fall into a six-foot deep abyss.

Wise people will tell us to live life to the fullest,

And what if we don't? Well, that's too bad.

I guess they figure that we'll miss out

On some good times, fast times.

While we're on the subject of imminent death,

Might we discuss that we have to think about others

After we are food for the maggots?

They get to enjoy the spoils of our long endured toils

While we lay down within our crypts.

Depressing thought, especially when you consider

The possibility of misusage of our intents.

Death always deals us a blistering blow.

I thought life was supposed to be so grand,

A perpetual parade, of glib and laughter,

But look on the horizon, not far away,

For there lurks a day that will be cast black and gray.

The company that's making your coffin is already at work.

They'll get your money. All they need is time,

For death is imminent, and is around every corner.

You better make your existence time well spent.