Some People I Have Known

Some people i have known are deceased today Though till my own death memories of them with me are bound to stay The life journey for any two not exactly the same Perhaps this is called destiny for want of a better name Immortality for us human beings is based on a lie Like all other life forms we are born to die We age rather quickly beyond our physical prime And eventually we all do run out of time In the not distant future on some night or day The reaper of lives will come reaping my way From the scythe of death there is nowhere to hide The reality of mortality it cannot be denied Some people i have known i will never more see And what has become of them will also become of me.