Thoughts On Inevitability Poem by L MILTON HANKINS

Inevitability looms like the imminent sunset
Beyond an unchanging bleak western horizon,
Oft illustrated by those "death and taxes"
More certain than next blood moon a'risin'.

The lottery of life assures the loss of coin
Before the aligning symbols outpour a lode
Of silver and gold, or fortune unannounced
Unexpected knocks at the door of one's abode.

Beware the clutches of boasting entitlement
Convincing empty promises too soon delude
The mind, seem worthy guides to long life,
Deny reality's inevitable poisonous elixirs brewed.

Ah, the charms thus fervently sought do fade
Life is not so enriching as one may have thought
Seeking more, when one has, is never enough,
And what is inevitable surely cannot be bought.