Tuesday, September 12, 2017

Born to die?

Why is there more sorrow than joy
Why do the wicked prosper
Why is love so hard to find
And why
Was I born to die?
Where has my hope gone
My heart so constantly aggrieved
I am to weakened to be alive
And so
How was I to know,
My heart would become hollow
From the wages of life




"Death is a black camel, which kneels at the gates of all." Abd-el-Kader