.. that leads to life.

They say it’s self discovery

when in fact mankind

is on a journey of destruction

long or short as the journey

might be the end is inevitable. 

An unavoidable destination

that is dotted along the way

with ignored warning signs.

Pride of life is a bastion

that will be brought crumbling

and tumbling down around

the proud schemes of the builders

Purposes will be crossed

plans will be disrupted

proud boasts will end in grief

public smiley face private frown

The pressures and tribulations

the recurring doubts and anguish

the telltale cracks in the plaster

on the proud edifice of self

fitted for destruction of self

the appearance of that King of Terrors

that has arrived to seal the deal

that was once and for all agreed upon

in a realm called eternity.

The wages of sin is death

but there is a gift of life

that no man seeks and few 

there be that find

that strait gate that leads to life.