Even Iron Rusts

Even iron rusts.
Not only steel corrodes.
Bones creak
And beating hearts just
Stop.

For "nothing gold can stay;"
Flowers fade each day.
And you can count life
In years, days, minutes
But why bother
When worrying about the seconds you've had
Costs you seconds to have.

Even iron rusts.
Not only steel corrodes.
Bones creak
And beating hearts just
Stop.

 We know our own mortality
And yet among us walk souls
We never quite think will leave;
Until one morning
She simply
Goes.

Even iron rusts.
Not only steel corrodes.
Bones creak
And beating hearts merely
Stop.

-For Maggie