THE COMMON DEATH

the common death

that awaits us all

is never to be

feared or mourned against


unless you know you haven't lived

the way you should have

and even then what would that do

but tie you closer to your harm?


give up your control

and detach from your error

make it part of what you'll deal with

at some yet-to-be future


and hope to learn and grow strong

to face that reckoning more wisely







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