Life's Bottom

Don't have far to go to the bottom of life, nothing has gone the way I felt it should. Life is a disappointment most of the time, can't seem to make it right no matter how I try. When will knowledge or wisdom come into my being? How long will it take to learn what life is supposed to be? When can I find out? Everywhere is darkness and emptiness, a blank note of life with tears all over. Wherever love is, it's always hiding, waiting for someone else to come along. Thinking forever is too long, life ends it's show, let's the curtains fall and saves the applause for another generation along the way. It has been too far, crawling alone, life has just lain down exhausted from it all. Another day finds everything pretty much the same as when it started out, with nothing to it's name. It's always that way until the last day of life puts the score to rest, having done it's best, it can sleep forever more without guilt, shame or doubt. Life's candle just goes out and that's the end of it all. Even with knowledge and wisdom, everything ends and no one learns anything from experiencing death. There's just no more air to breathe, as our bodies take in their final gasping attempt to breathe and then they end. (1989)