Life

Today I am

I once was not

Again I will not be

And always I will be myself

Until there is no me

At first I was a shriveled thing

A toothless, hairless head

And so again will I appear

When at last I go to bed

To start I was an empty slate

I learned to love

I learned to hate

I learned of birds and trees and stars

I learned of ships and planes and cars

One day these things

All will be gone

Lost to memory

To be born and live and die

What peculiar symmetry