The poetry of Aneria Romana

      Copyright 1999 by the author

      Life

      life is sorrow for the death of others
      life is sadness for the pain of others
      life is pain from your love of others
      life is the keeping of a promise from eons past
      life is the praying and waiting for death
      life is a puzzle of emotions to solve, what few there be
      life is pain waiting to teach you
      life is a solved mystery that holds no hope
      life is a drama that has already been played
      life is a meeting of new friends and old
      life is Mother Nature's revenge and curse
      life is the calm before the tempest
      Why do those who patiently await death hold onto life so hard?