An approaching fall on the moving road of life
Into the tenebrous nothingness of the vast unknown.
The gaping maw of an all-swallowing black hole
From which no life can escape, no light illuminate.
A fearful end to a blissful illusion
That clings to uncertain moments, oblivious of inevitable oblivion.
An abrupt halt to a brief sojourn
From an unknown origin to some invisible destination.
Each step in the light takes us closer to the dark;
Each life-giving breath takes life away.
Unthinking, uncaring, untroubled, unaware
Helpless sheep fattened on the green pastures of life,
We are devoured as food by the master predator.
Beckoned by this or that high peak of ambition
We claw over each other only to fall forever into the pit.
Eager to gain and possess the world
We grasp at its gifts only to be robbed of it all.
Born to perish and begun to end
Life seems a fragile, vain and pointless struggle...
When death is all that seems to remain.
- Govind Nishar
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