Life & Death

Life without death
(The grand motivator)
Would not be worth living;
For if birth were to continue
Unchecked by death
Life would become
Eternal punishment.

Let us be grateful to death
For it makes rich our lives
With a sense of urgency
With heated emotions
With achievements
With appreciation
With excitement
With traditions
With mystery
With values
With art
With age
With beliefs
With creativity
With imagination
With what’s noble and elevated
With everything that tethers past to future.

If life were ageless and infinite
There would be no ripening
Time would have no worth
And we would all be prisoners
Swarming, competing, and loveless
Upon a sullied ball that was once called Earth.
06.23.11