To be or not to be

Life is precious beyond words,
Yet, when this mortal clay
Declines beyond the pale,
And agonies do overwhelm
The joy de vivre,
Then the 'to be'
Turns into a nightmare
Of pain and suffering,
Till 'not to be' is the solution.
Term it not death, but a return
To the same stage ere one was born,
A painless nothingness.

Alfred Charasz
Copyright 2006 Alfred Charasz