"Our decades have taught us. We know of death.
It's not an abstract; or other; or graph.
We were there at the end; and held their hand;
heard their cry; watched oblivion.
Our decades have taught us. We know of death.
We buried our grandparents; our comrades in arms;
Our parents, friends, siblings, even a child.
Some were natural; some suicide; accident; murder; disease.
Our decades have taught us. We know of death.
Perspective, we have. It ebbs and flows; persistent.
War ravages; Disease sweeps; Disaster claims.
Trite, true, death is with life. Same as it ever was.
Our decades have taught us. We know of death.
We tend their graves; perennial; on bent knees.
In time, death will be abolished; Praise the Lord!
This world shall pass. Learn, children. Eternal, not temporal.
Our decades have taught us. We know of death."
Friday, April 03, 2020
Our Decades Have Taught Us. We Know of Death.
I put pen to paper because I thought it needs to be said:
