Life in Transit

    The End

    2012

    In the end
    Life is cruel
    It takes
    Too much
    Too soon
    It gives
    Too little
    Too late.

    Do not
    Be fooled
    Every ending
    Is not
    A new beginning
    Some endings
    Are just
    The end.

    Life is cruel
    In the end
    It cuts
    Too deep
    Too quick
    It hurts
    Too much
    Too long.

    Still
    It is true
    Every ending
    Had a bright beginning
    And a middle
    Rich
    With meaning
    To the end.

    Life is cruel
    In the end
    It tears
    All apart
    All away
    It grinds
    All before
    All to dust.

    All we can do
    Is celebrate
    The beginning
    Cherish
    The middle
    And live
    Fully
    To the end.

    — Wayne Visser