The Great And The Mighty

The great and the mighty the big and the small The scythe of life's reaper claims the lives of all In that they too are born to eventually die All other life forms are no different to i A fact often quoted on which you can depend No matter what you achieve your life's journey will end As a hero to many you well may be Death will come to you as it will come to me For a human being three score and ten years the average lifetime span A few years more for a woman than it is for a man Ten years as young adults and ten years in our lives prime And eventually we all become victims of time I just want to live for as long as i can And in my sleep die without pain as a very old man.