For Even The gods Die

'Tis fact and not doubt ...

For Even The gods Die

Written By Marvin Thomas Cox-Flynn de Graham

Copyright © 2022 Marvin Thomas Cox

DBA: Marvin Thomas Cox-Flynn de Graham

All Rights Reserved

Statue Head of Zeus

Our puny lives do not last forever,

though, in our youth, we wished to believe

that we, indeed, shall live forever,

having surrounded ourselves with Blind Faith's

supportive girdles to shore up our doubts,

to gloss over the loopholes

in desperation's reasoning,

that frankly, candidly, and most brutally,

have always told us otherwise:

One day, we all shall die.

The question always remains:

When, or why?

Why is it that we die,

when we long so to live,

now and forever without end?

Alas, self deception shall not forestall

that which is most certainly inevitable,

as wishing and hoping to never die,

shall never see a one of us live forever,

no matter how spiritual or religious we are:

Death shall devour us, one and all,

and the grave shall turn our bodies to dust

in duly undeniable but certain time,

for even the gods, themselves, die,

as there remains not a single ancient god,

for one to behold with mind, or heart, or eye,

for even the gods die ...

(Written June 6^th 2022)

Reviews

[jacob erin-cilberto]

even the gods die, yes, even they do.
We want to live forever or do we?
If we could stay young maybe....but I am getting to that age, on the verge of falling into those years where I could possibly not take of myself anymore...I don't want that...don't need that....
Maybe I could play some pinochle with gods...the other ones who died.
j.

[Marvin Thomas Cox-Flynn de Graham]

Jacob,

thank you for kindly reading my philosophical thoughts set to pen of page ... At 67 my own body is beginning to give out ... I do not fear death, but am not yet ready to die, as it has taken me all these many years to learn to appreciate and savor life ... Yet, fact is, death is coming for us all ...

Marvin Thomas Cox-Flynn de Graham

[Tate Morgan]

There is a simple reason for our death that gives our life meaning. By limiting its scope we learn the value every moment. Those who go through their lives and don’t grasp this come to the end of it too late they realize I should’ve went to my son‘s game I should’ve seen that first home run There is one thing that makes a man great it is the difference between selflessness and selfishness

[Lisasview]

Good morning,
First read of yours..and, I did enjoy your words..
Yes, as I am getting older..74 years now, I ponder death and think...oh gosh, I have so much more I want to do...
Your poem made me think and that is always good.
Lisa, lived in Georgetown, Texas for ten year before moving to Spain recently...

[Marvin Thomas Cox-Flynn de Graham]

Lisasview,

Hello The Howdy from Smalltown Texas ...

Thank you for your very kind read ... As for the message of this poem, it is an attempt to point out the sad but true reality that all we have been taught regarding Heaven, Hell, Afterlife, etc., is in fact that deceptive material George Carlin spoke so well regarding such candid and brutally frank matters: "Religion is Bullshit!"

The all too surreal reality is this: Our bodies are designed to wear out, so even if we could live forever, we would not be able to enjoy a damn thing that we sought or thought to do ...

FYI: I am not a supporter of Organized Religion, yet, am not an Atheist ... I firmly attest and present myself as an Intelligent Design Free Thinking Creationist, a Moderate betwixt two opposing philosophical concepts that is a sort of hybrid ... Afterall, we are here, and the Universe of all Existence certainly did not pull itself from the Magicians hat of its own arse ...

Nice to meet you Lisasview!

Marvin Thomas Cox-Flynn de Graham