Death Waits

Death !

Something that must come to all mankind.

Who is Death ?

What is Death ?

Who is brave enough to find out ?

Death !

Dark and foreboding,

Lurking in the back of everyones mind.

Sitting there waiting, slyly

To come out and claim his

Prize.

No one Wins,

Everyone Loses,

Except.......

DEATH.

 

Reviews

[The Rock And Roll Cowbo..]

Oh wow this is really dark and intense... facing the prospects of death is something we all must deal with but most times can't... your so right only the reaper wins when this game is played.

[Sean Allen]

I don't have a lot of notions about what death will bring. It certainly may be different for each of us, happy for some and scary for others. I do believe, however, that to be cursed with eternal life would be far worse than death. All life on earth has a cycle of birth, life and death, and all life regenerates itself in seeds and offspring. That wouldn't be possible with eternal life or the fountain of youth that we seek, but luckily does not exist.

Very soon, the earth would be overcrowded, with whatever species we looked at including our own. We would have to curb population growth by first limiting births as they do in China, and then eliminatimn newborns alltogether. Of course there would have to be exceptions as animals that are killed for food and people who die from unnatural causes like wars and accidents would need to be replaced.

Eventually, the very rich among us would want to have children, which like a half million dollar car today would become something fanciful and desireable. That would of course lead to the killing of people to make available population slots for the new ones to be born.

The natural order of children watching their parents die would be reversed and parents would all dread the day when their children might be killed in a car crash. Children would pretty much not exist, assuming that we all reached adulthood in the normal 20 or so years and then stayed the same forever.

Death, I expect will be the last blessing that God bestows upon us and how we see it is dependent on how we lived God's first blessing... our lives!

Personally, I will welcome death when it comes. But if anyone happens to see death before I do, I would appreciate it if they didn't let that fact be known.
Donn

[C.m.v]

Very thought provoking! Well written and eerie as well. Not a subject most of us want to think about, but you're words ring a truth we can't deny! Great write!

[Virginia L. Wyatt]

Death is not a dreaded finish line. Death is only a marker on the way.

[~*lisa*~]

Like you said it does happen to everyone, I think it really has to do with control. You can't control when you die, you just die. Nicely written, you can really feel the emotion in it.

[Helen Woodward]

Lot of anger in this Norma! I guess there's no one to blame for loss, I know I tried to find someone to pin it on, but I was climbing Mt Dissapointment because in the end I had to accept it as we all do and as unfair as it seems it will happen to all of us, but having said that we should live in the moment and enjoy life while we have it...
Cheers,
Helen.

[Rie Sheridan Rose]

Honest and true. Death comes in the end for us all. Well done.

[B. Lapinski]

it my dear is inevitable...a well written piece.cheers

[Crazy Cat Man]

Unless you believe in God then death is not so bad. Death is just a step to another life. :)

[Kelley Pascoe]

I have thought about what you said in this poem Norma and its spookie!! Great write!! Thanks for sharing.
Kelley Frost