At a round table the two sat
one drinking tea as the other
consumed reason.
Life and Death
together a lovely duo
sharing time together
with what little time they had off.
Life asked Death,
"Why do people love me
but hate you?"
Death, taken aback, was puzzled
but for a second,
and then Death responded with,
"Because you are a beautiful lie
whereas I am a painful
and ugly truth."
Life was shocked
and abruptly shoved herself
away from the table,
distraught,
tears staining her face.
The truth spoke through
to both, for
Death, with his face in his hands, left
the table in frustration and sadness
feeling truly lonely,
abandoned,
for the first time.