Life and Death

"Each day, we wake slightly altered, and the person we were yesterday is dead.

So, one could say, why be afraid of death, when death comes all the time?"

John Updike

Everything dies each night

And is born each dawn

And so on and on nonstop.

The infinite circle of change

And growth, decay and death, and birth.

No end.

Life and death,

An endless match, with endless sets,

So play and play.

Enjoy each ace, each game, each break.

Serve, defend, attack, lament, celebrate.

Rest.

And play again.