Think of your lifetime as one day

It's fading away, the shadows are growing long

Think of existence as a flame, and death as rain

Storm clouds there right along

At life's eve our flames will cease

Eternally, unavoidably

Eventually all paths will lead to the cemetery



We are but falling leaves in the air, hovering down

Unaware we are spinning around

Scattered fragments of time, like blinks of an eye

We are

That's all we are



Think of your lifetime as one year

Look, autumn is here

Getting colder... the winter's impending

Your conclusion's drawing near - certain, austere

Yes, only the circle's unending

At life's eye our flames will cease

Eternally, unavoidably

Eventually all paths will lead to the cemetery

To the prior deceased



We are but falling leaves in the air, hovering down

Unaware we hit the ground

Scattered fragments of time, like blinks of an eye

We are

Just when we realize that we are alive

We die