Don't Lie Down

You say you're glad one day you'll die
though not tomorrow or today.
I say that's just a clever lie
you tell yourself so you can play.

For should you ever come to know
that soon might be your time to go.
You will work hard for a new lease
not just lay down to rest in peace.

And though you think it only fair
you leave your place to someone new
how would you feel to learn they knew
a way to stay but would not share?

--Sean Hastings (May 2002)