Immortality: A Scene
Once I had conversed with a being So beloved by the Earth That he was unable to leave it’s grasp This man alone Had been a witness to the creation And eventually the end He was born alongside the Earth Likewise The only way he can escape Is for the celestial being to be no more All he wished for was death But he was chained with responsibilities That kept him from passing To sacrifice all that you dream of In order to carry the weight of duty Is by order The decree of the immortal So he waits until he is no longer needed To pass in peace And to have his wish Alas! This is the curse of the immortal For he is doomed to forever be needed And cared about by someone However a contradiction occurred to me For even though the immortal wishes for death He still searches For those living a very finite existence It seemed to me he had been Secretly hoping to find a new chain To bind him to this land Our conversation was coming to a close As we bid farewell I looked into his eyes They looked as if a shadow was permanently cast upon them For there was no light permeating from them And I began to wonder to myself If it is possible to be dead Even if you were created with infinite life Truly if there is life after death The gods had better have a good explanation As to why this man Given infinite possibilities Is cursed to only have death Engulf his mind
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