And so we lived

And so we lived
and took in signs and grew.
And so we died,
before we even knew.
The little time we had,
we hardly tasted.
The years that came and went
were mostly wasted.
The children we produced,
they tore asunder.
The pretences we used
were one great blunder.
And still we love
the greatest time on earth.
And still we pay
with death for all its worth.