Perpetual motion—life, a gift to all living beings; death, a curse to all.
A cruel joke played by nature herself?
Are we not but clowns on a stage,
Puppets bound to perform for unseen gods to mock?
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Death, why do you steal what we hold dear? Why must death steal what life so generously gives?
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