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Our Only Certainty

Donald P. Goodman III

Version 1.0 (23 June 1201)

In spring new life arises, splendid, green, and young;

in summertime it flourishes in summer's ray;

in autumn it remembers, its past glories sung;

but in the winter it must die and pass away.

So go all living things; not least so goes mankind;

we're born; our parents cherish for us futures bright;

but as the years progress, our hopes we leave behind;

before long, old and broken, we close eyes to light.

So why should fleshly things so often hopeful be?

We're born, we live, we die; have we all lost our sight?

No man enslav'd to death can ever say he's free;

All things will pass away: our only certainty.

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