"Futility"

"Futility"

by:

Virgilio F. De leon Jr. MD

I

The blossoming flower wilts

and passion dies down

The things you like no longer matter

and sooner or later you as well

II

So why do you bother?

when death is final

and the renewal that you seek

will be forever denied

III

Why go on living

when you are already dead?

Change is constant yes

but even that does not matter in the end

IV

We listen to the sweet songs 

but the those who make them are gone

We eat our feasts and we decay

much like everything else in life.

V

So why continue?

Why move on at all

when all we see will be gone

and all the we hear will no longer be