Eat, Drink—Sleep, Die

We're born bloody.

Travelers from nowhere:

Infinite possibilities,

Statistical improbabilities—

Loved by "Family."

We cry, slightly:

Orators with no skills,

Filled with emotion,

Lost in an Ocean—

Covered with eyes.

We sleep fleetingly …

Innocent, but wary,

Caught in baby dreams,

Prone to scary screams—

Unsettled by sounds.

We grow slowly:

Stumblin'-mumblin'

Day-to-day,

December-to-May—

Moving ahead.

We speak haltingly,

Coaxed by love:

"Goo-goo; ga-ga."

"Ma-Ma; Da-Da"—

 Creating smiles.

We live fully,

Dueling with life:

Waving & Saving.

Craving & Raving—

Weakened by wounds.

We die lonely,  

Stuffed in a box.

Covered with dirt,

Never to hurt—

Resting, at last.