It's known too well that normal life is slow, <br />And dull, and that we long for something more, <br />That with our broken souls we want to glow, <br />And rediscover that corroded awe. <br />There are two ways to make the transformation, <br />Which are siblings in our feeling's mind: <br />To fall in love without a hesitation, <br />Or to realise that death is blind. <br />For death and love both make our lives complete, <br />Without them life is empty and futile, <br />In love it's death we oh-so-nearly cheat, <br />In death it's love that gives us our last smile. <br />So live to love and cheat the reaper's plan, <br />Or welcome him a discontented man.<br /><br />Sean Godley<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/death-and-love/
