Unsterblich

I feel death, and the pain that it brings.
I feel what loss means,
and the sound - sorrow it sings.

I see eyes glazed over with dripping tear,
I can see inside of hearts; torment,
agony, desire - I see fear.

I see people who do as they please,
and one day when it all goes wrong,
life is what is left of you;
decisions the undoing,
mistakes, your disease.

You may crawl, squander and squabble,
for as long as you so wish;
but in the end, no matter what,
your own fate and where you stand;
there is no escaping this.

Sealed, packaged, signed and delivered,
taste death's bitter-sweet kiss.

We aren't so unsterblich.