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Inevitable

June 10, 2024
By King_KDA ELITE, Burlington, Washington
King_KDA ELITE, Burlington, Washington
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Favorite Quote:
"Numquam finitur, donec vita finiatur."
- K. D'Angelo Alexander


To Death, we are all expendable

Taking lives on a whim

For us, Death is inevitable;

We cannot outrun Him


We hide from our own mortality

Death, we can never face

Trying to rewrite reality,

Hoping we’ll win the race


I know one day my heart will stop,

When I hear His knuckles knock

I’ll greet Him when the doorbell chimes

Wishing that I had more time

 

An ill man knows Death is right behind us;

He isn’t afraid to die

And he who sees Him, wishes for blindness

As he stares into his eyes


The author's comments:

A common theme throughout the majority of my works is the inevitably of Death.

This poem touches that topic once more, more or less expressing the feelings of certainty and acceptance of mortality after denying it for so long, trying to outrun Death in a sense.

The first step towards enlightenment is conceding the belief that we are above our own mortality, and understanding that at any given moment our lives could end. This being said, I find that the true meaning of life is living it to our fullest extent, worrying not about the past but of what we can do with our future. The last two lines, however, reveal the inevitable feeling of denial, or avoidance one undergoes when they see Death at their door.


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