We watch the transient nature

Of energy in a wave or ripple

And the short life of smaller things,

We notice them change only because

They have a shorter life-cycle than us.

We observe the permanent nature

Of cold inanimate objects

And the long life of bigger things,

We do not notice them change because

They have a longer life-cycle than us.

But all energy fails and expends

As forces rise, prevail and fall,

All life grows, evolves and ends

Obeying nature’s call.

Even rocks and continents

Cannot escape the doom,

They crumble back in essence

To dust from whence they came.

As the waves break on the shore

So must life cease from breath,

The wave of energy is no more

Expended on the shore of death.