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Death on zero
Life on one
Do you feel the setting sun?

What is life without death?
Here it comes, the final breath
We never know
We never see

Passing time, so gracefully

I learned something
In a rush

NO
Don’t do it
Who will stop us?

With seconds to spare
Let’s turn around
Who are we?
Wait for it…

Everyone, that’s who.

Who believes in anything except God?
Religion holds the truth
Science is a passing fancy
Or so they say…

Scientists and scholars build our tools
Priests and politicians
With their wicked ways
Use our tools against us

Up is down
Down is up
Our society is inside out
Can we save us from ourselves?

Tribal leaders beat their drums
Red-faced and sweating
Militias ready for battle
Bullets and time are running out

My youth was spent running away from it
I spend my adulthood reaching for it
It’s an elusive feeling

It’s a vibrant waterfall that washes my soul
Gentle and soothing, it revives me
Like hope, in a bottle

It’s a day of restfulness, a night of perfect sleep
It’s like waking up with no alarm
I’m ready for anything
I’m ready to reach

I’m looking through old photos
My memories laid bare
Why did I wait to look again?

While waiting to live in 2020
I’ve remembered to go nowhere
Nowhere is delightful don’t you agree?

Looking back, “Wow I’m lucky!”
I have seen so much beauty
In such a brief time

How could I forget?
Now is delightful, don’t you think?