Life Poem by Mark Meck

Little invitation for existence
Life's short
Shorter than breath itself
For Life cannot last longer than loss of breath

Why invite me to this party of life
T's too dreadful to leave yet sometimes painful
It is too good to be true yet temporary
Why invite me to be part of life?

This life's an open cage in the wilderness
Of games and game, of marauding beasts in hunger
Yet for its magnetic hold, we cling to it
Till surprise secretly attack and we surprisingly leave.

Mark Meck (11/10/19)