One of the great paradoxes of life
Is that man is not living, but dying.
From the moment he is born,
It is a constant struggle against
Forces of great opposition
To live. In living, you are dying.
For how could there be life
Without death?
However, most feel death to be
A definite moment.
When the heart stops its movements.
When the brain becomes insulated and sparks no longer fly though it.
Save for those rude deaths instantly caused
By man or nature which take lives instantly,
I disagree.
Man is dying, not living.
From the moment he is born,
He is fighting a losing game.
His senses dull he wages a war against his environment.
The things he can once see, hear, touch, smell, feel slowly
Start to lessen after years of nonstop fighting
Until the man himself loses the will
To prolong his destruction
And waves a white flag
Giving himself up
While the others
Still choose
To die
Living is easy.
Any creature can live
Without ever experiencing mortality.
How will you die?
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