LIFE'S LANDLORD

As he lay in bed sleeping

there was a knock upon the door

his nightmare come a calling,

the landlord of us all.

We are just tenants in a motel,

the motel of all life

and now the mighty landlord

(our lease expired)

is ushering in the night.

He piled up his belongings

against the motel door,

hoping against all hope

to defy that which he saw.

But Death will not be stopped

and soon had him in its grasp

despite all resistance

Death completes his task.

They buried his in a coffin

it was quite a touching sight,

dozens of people mourning

the ending of his life.

But people soon get over

even such a terrible blow

and begin to realise

that people will come and go.

No matter how you struggle

one of nature's laws,

whether seen as gift or punishment

"All must make the giant leap

into Death's unknown jaws".

By Sarah Alexander