What is life?
  Devouring
  Consuming
  Clawing
  Cancer
  Infection
  Complexity
  Pain
  Sin
  Greed
  Conflict
  Slavery
What is death?
  Peace
  Rest
  Simplicity
  Elemental
  Giving
  Altruism
  Freedom
  Choice
She let that roll through her mind
She thought it over
And she said simply
"I choose life"
And walked away
He just stared
His hipster-goth argument
Crushed
By a catch phrase

I love you

She stopped talking
And looked away
She'd said more than enough
I didn't see her cry
But I heard her
Whispered pleas
It no longer mattered
I'd stopped listening
It all sounded the same
The excuses
The not quite apologies
The pathos
Of an unfaithful heart
She glanced back
Just to make sure
I caught her eye
And I knew
It had always been a lie

The feast descended
Like night on the fen
Death devoured the lonely
They always die too early
Hate consumed the wives
Bred with familiarity
Contempt gnawed on the poor
Self righteous in their decay
Fear burned through the faithful
Their foundation crumbling
And hope stood alone
Bloodied and shaken
No one left to fill

The question was answered
Before it was asked...

Ain't no use in mourning
Cuz things just is
Don't go makin plans
Cuz there ain't no tomorrows
You gotta stop yelling
'bout your rights
Cuz they were taken
Forever ago
No use lookin in the mirror
Cuz you ain't gonna like it
You really think
You got somewhere to go
But you ain't too good
At the truth
No use being who you are
Cuz who you are ain't so good
It's no use given up though
Cuz you ain't got nothin
Better to do

Ain't no use fightin the tide...

Love, sex, marriage,
Hope, dreams and aspirations.
Future, conquest, purpose.
All have one thing in common.
They are the province
Of the young
The kingdom of youth
The brave, stupid and vital.

And the old, infirm, used?
The spent humanity?
With the wisdom of experience
Trapped in speechless bodies
The cravings of their youth
Clawing within their uselessness
They are cast off
To fade, wither, decay
Their bones laying the foundation
For the castles of the young.