PONDER

Do you know how to live for eternity?

Do you know how to defeat the final frontier?

Do you fear the deep, dark abyss?

And do you want to stand up and command your fear?

Doomed are all who are born as men,

Even the mighty Gods covet this singular gift,

Yet we mortals seem to run away from death,

And tend to out-wit this heavenly shift.

Wasted away are years in research and study,

Life’s longetivity is useless to stretch,

Your assigned work should be complete.

Lest it is no use to live longer and become a wretch.

Have you tried to understand why we die?

Death is like going to sleep after a hard day’s work,

Every muscle yearns to sleep at last,

Ignorance however feeds upon us like a shark.