Why Life...Gave Me...This Long Poem by James B. Earley

My 'actuarial'....allotment
....Years beyond its song
Unanswered...is the question
...Why life gave me this long

On this planet...my existence
...Four decades and more
Ofttimes.....I've wondered
.....What am I here for

Archived in that mystery
Forever etched is my face...
My musings and ponderings
....Sequestered someplace

Within the depth of its recesses
....Unless...I've got it all wrong
Therein...perhaps...it is written
....Why life...gave me...this long