Ode to Mortality
No need for false humility my good man,
when you’ve got the real stuff close at hand.
What some won’t know until their death bed,
you’ve paid for dearly behind the woodshed.
And no matter what roles you choose to adopt,
keep in mind that time can never be stopped.
So allow life take from you whatever it will,
everything left behind is only landfill.
“Mortality is very different when you’re 20 to when you’re 50.”
This poem has been adapted and was originally shared on March 22, 2017, and was titled Landfill. The original is included in Tomorrow Could Be Wonderful: Brian's Poem of the Day: 365 Daily Meditations Vol. 1.
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