ODE TO DEATH
Your dark statue beams the path of entrance
Mystery seeps your essence giving forth doubts.
You are the Silhouette, the Shade, the Anti-life.
You scythe slays all life encountered!
Your might is lord over the rich and powerful.
You are the grand finale, the end, the goal,
The final fulfillment- the purpose of all life!
May we meditate each day on your eminence;
Your shadowy presence is always with us;
You will predominate over all living things,
Causing all flesh to decay and crumble,
Returning to elemental earthly origins.
You have the power to mold and change
Organic matter into many varied forms.
At any time fortune's wheel might release you upon us
To change and smash us into dust!
Our preoccupation in life should be to prepare for you,
For you are Death!- the lord of our earthly destiny.