LIFE AND DEATH – My take (2)
(My two cents, for what it’s worth)

The Grim Reaper strikes
when the time is ripe
"Your turn,'' says he
"has just arrived"

Not all your prayers
nor all your tears
Can make him change
half of his mind

No place to run to
nowhere to hide
No one to challenge
His indomitable might

Life's a merry-go-round
of joy and sorrow
Happy today
and sad tomorrow

So enjoy the pleasure
and suffer the pain
That’s life my friend
it’s all in the game

And when death raises
its ugly head
And shows you the door
it’s time to go
...time to go

LIFE AND DEATH – My take (1)
(My two cents, for what it’s worth)

We’ve had our day
and we’re on the way
Oblivion, here we come
when the day is done

Born today and
gone tomorrow
That’s the way
the story goes

No restore points
and no reboots
No reinstalls
and no more oops

Good times, bad times
the medicine and the wine
They come and go
like a revolving door

Carnivals and funerals
heaven and 'ell
Victories and defeats
life’s bittersweet

Just keep breathing till
the heart stops beating
When your number's up
it's lights out, you're history

So wail no more and
rail no more
Hark! The next generation
is knocking on the door!

LIFE by Arthur Kyi

Life is just a bridge that spans
‘Twixt cradle and the grave
First ‘tis the child’s then ‘tis the man’s
Turn to become its slave

‘Tis but a person’s certain measure
Of a certain length of time
Containing happiness, sorrows, pleasures,
With each self-centred “mine”

For each of us with tears and a cry
We leave our mother’s womb
To live, to experience sorrow and joy
Till with tears we enter our tomb

Alas! Life is, to the enlightened
So likened much to trash
Thus does it matter, when dust returneth  to dust
And ash returneth … to ash