THE MORTAL COIL - 124

 

      THE MORTAL COIL ….

When you are really old

Well past your allotted span

You wonder if Someone

Has a devious plan ….

 

To make you keep on living

(Existing is the word)

Questions go unanswered -

Appeals are unheard.

 

We’re told not to smoke and drink

Or let ourselves get fat,

Then we live for ever –

And how boring is that?

 

We should all be able to

Book our departure dates

Instead of waiting on standby

Before the pearly gates.

 

I do not think my end in nigh

But you never know,

And I may not feel the same

When it’s my turn to go.

 

 

My long and happy life

I would not wish to spoil

But will I ever want to shuffle

Off this mortal coil?

 

1.8.12

(written while picking blackberries!)