I stood and watched by a lake
\nBirds fly overhead
\nA lone swallow took a swoop
\nOver graves of the dead
\nWho for centuries have lain
\nTheir corpses long time rotton
\nThier kith and kin dead like them too
\nAll hands long forgotton.<\/p>\n
Before me the waters rippled
\nAs fish broke the surface for fly
\nFor the fish beneath to live
\nThe insect above must die.
\nSuch is life: circle of life and death
\nSo many million before us did pass,
\nAnd lived and dies in horrid ways
\nBuried without ceremony, service or mass.<\/p>\n
All in our time we will die,
\nOf our being will not be known
\nEven our tombstones will decay
\nThat our names on will have shown,
\nOf one thing, that we are certain
\nThat is life, things be as they should,
\nMan rich and poor are but to be food for maggots
\nTo be so is natural and good.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
I stood and watched by a lake Birds fly overhead A lone swallow took a swoop Over graves of the dead Who for centuries have lain Their corpses long time rotton Thier kith and kin dead like them too All hands long forgotton. 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