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DEATH
SELDOM WELCOMED OR UNDERSTOOD
LURKING EVERYWHERE, WAITING, IMPATIENTLY,
IN NO HURRY TO MAKE YOUR ACQUAINTANCE
FROM YOUR PRESENCE, WE CHOSE TO FLEE.
WE NEVER KNOW HOW OR WHEN
YOU MAY BOLDLY APPEAR
JUST THE THOUGHT OF YOU
OFTEN CAUSES US SOME FEAR.
YOU SEEM TO HAVE NO FAVORITES
YOU COME FOR ONE AND ALL
AT TIMES, YOU HAVE BEEN MERCIFUL
ANSWERING A WORN AND WEARY CALL.
NEVER QUITE PREPARED FOR YOU
THOUGH WE KNOW, YOU WILL COME
BECAUSE IT IS YOUR CHARGE TO MEET US
EACH AND EVERY ONE.
IN YOUTH, WE HAD NO THOUGHT OF YOU
WITH AGE, YOU'VE GAINED OUR RESPECT
KNOWING NO MAN HAS ESCAPED YOU
MANY LEAVING WITH SORROW AND REGRET.
THERE IS BUT ONE THING, WE CAN DO...
LIVE EACH DAY FULLY AND COMPLETELY
Orlyn Tatum-Wormley
LURKING EVERYWHERE, WAITING, IMPATIENTLY,
IN NO HURRY TO MAKE YOUR ACQUAINTANCE
FROM YOUR PRESENCE, WE CHOSE TO FLEE.
WE NEVER KNOW HOW OR WHEN
YOU MAY BOLDLY APPEAR
JUST THE THOUGHT OF YOU
OFTEN CAUSES US SOME FEAR.
YOU SEEM TO HAVE NO FAVORITES
YOU COME FOR ONE AND ALL
AT TIMES, YOU HAVE BEEN MERCIFUL
ANSWERING A WORN AND WEARY CALL.
NEVER QUITE PREPARED FOR YOU
THOUGH WE KNOW, YOU WILL COME
BECAUSE IT IS YOUR CHARGE TO MEET US
EACH AND EVERY ONE.
IN YOUTH, WE HAD NO THOUGHT OF YOU
WITH AGE, YOU'VE GAINED OUR RESPECT
KNOWING NO MAN HAS ESCAPED YOU
MANY LEAVING WITH SORROW AND REGRET.
THERE IS BUT ONE THING, WE CAN DO...
LIVE EACH DAY FULLY AND COMPLETELY
Orlyn Tatum-Wormley
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