Since We Are Born As

Since we are born as mortals why otherwise pretend We are on a life's journey that for us must end For us humans a last day and night for us all As well as all life forms from the great to the small Three score and ten years the average human life span On average a few years more for a woman than it is for a man The clocks on our lives ever ticking away Each dawn brings us nearer to our lives final day It is true about time it does weaken the strong And the longest lived human life in time is not that long People who live for a century of years are of the very few Though this is not saying anything that is new Like all other life forms we are born as mortals is not a lie And the longer you live the sooner you will die.