Life and Death
Only humans choose to die
only humans wonder “why?”.
Most things you could call alive
daily struggle to survive
When danger comes they don’t ask why,
it’s not their choice to live or die.
Bigger brains with intellect
prefer to be more circumspect:
“But why? why me? it isn’t fair!”
as if the universe should care.
We live, we die, the world just turns,
the sun in all its glory burns
the pallid moon encircles us
controlling tides with little fuss.
In a thousand years or so
we’ll be a tale of long ago.
So live today the life you’ve got
although it may not seem a lot
However bad it could be worse;
intellect can be a curse.