Do Not Pity Those

Do not pity those in the ground of the dead Since they are at peace now of them that can be said Their worries behind them and at peace they lay Like leaves of the Autumn in Nature's decay There is life after bodily death if you believe all you read of and hear But 'tis only the fear of dying that we do fear But since most religious people do not wish to die Do they secretly fear life after death may be based on a lie? I would like to live for as long as I can And die in my sleep as a very old man And though to the father of time we eventually must bow The only life one can be sure of is in the here and the now But do not pity those who are resting at peace From life's cares and worries they have had their release.