Memento Mori

Death comes for us all,

I face this reality.

In time, I too, shall perish.

From dust to dust;

I return to the earth.

Memento mori,

Remember death,

Your own mortality,

That inevitable march,

On this road we all take.

And I appreciate

The time I yet have

Here six feet above

Of those who have none.

I seek wisdom, on this path

That dwindles to an end.

Though I find woe

In dreams,

That'd take two lifetimes

Just to grasp.

Yet I find serenity

In these words

That in countless forms

Have been told before.

And I shall not waver;

In this ancient wisdom

A truth is told.

Memento mori,

Remember death,

Your own mortality,

That inevitable march,

It comes for us all.