It Beats Immortality Poem by Richard Jarboe

Sorrow runs hand in hand with pain
Anger blazes through the limbs
And that fire can make you tame,
No matter what shape you're in.

Overhead see the branches of the tree,
Breath the oxygen gift from the leaves,
There's more to life than immortality,
Just look at the family.

I know I will be seeing you soon,
Your smile lights up the day,
And Lord knows that look in your eye
Beats immortality.

If time down here is all we get,
Our moments will ring forever,
It might be different had we never met
But it don't get no better.