At first, for many life
it’s optimistically great
few problems, if any
the future full of possibilities
death not even one of them
at least not for most
even though death is waiting
silently, menacingly,
for the opportune moment
to pounce upon them
seize their temporary existences
no matter how long they live
or what they accomplish
in their fragile lives
it’s all a losing proposition
death prevails in the end.
Bob Boyd