Certainty

Certainty

For all we were in our coming forth

We knew not the moment of our conception

This life given involuntarily, when having no part

No decision was ours, in such an affair at the start

These treasured earthen vessels loaned to us

Each unique in form, yet alike in function 

Inhale and exhale so commonly abound

We are no good alone without a neighbor 

Occupying one life, with a few days to spare

Naked we came, life's brevity, a reality awaits us

Involuntarily, we are momentarily preparing for it

Born into it, our earthly destination is sure

When gone, will monuments plastered, stand out to show our names

Echo our praises, show a life lived a few short days

Memoriam given, grieving hearts left us alone to a spot, we now call home 

What will a world say, when it's left without us

So common is the fleeting moments of our existence

A wilderness of fragility, duplicity, hypocracy, simplicity 

Our attainment while possessing, cannot be touched, yet felt

Such gifts given to us, only find their truest meaning when we cry out for our help