Death where is your fear you creep around nipping our ankles like a farmers collie dog

It gets to a point when we say oh just shut up, I’ve heard your stupid threats and sometimes I was scared!

But now I don’t care you can threaten me with covid, cancer, flu or the common cold or maybe a car crash

You can take your scythe and put them where the sun doesn’t shine, you’ve lost your edge

I’ve had my fun I’ve done the things I should have done and several I shouldn’t

I’ve married had children I’m proud of my only wish is that they become proud of one another

I’ve cohabited badly and I’ve cohabited very well I have no regrets my life has not been easy but it’s been an education 

Probably an education that’s been wasted on me I have learned many things but are they worth knowing I will probably never know

I will probably not see the end of gas-powered boilers or the failure of battery-powered cars what a shame

I will surely not see this country levelled up and everyone having all that they need or desire

I will probably see a world that is struggling to contain a virus that has the potential to destroy our civilisation

Does that make me sad? I suppose it does I worry for my kids and grandkids but am powerless to protect them

All I can do is try to be a kinder man than the kind man I thought I was before I dive into a hopefully peaceful oblivion