Death Row

 (Picture Credit - Nat Geo TV com)

Being the softy that I am,

I feel sympathy for all those prisoners

On Death Row,

No matter what they’ve done.

But then I reflect that every one of us

Is also on Death Row.

Unless perhaps you are an ancient tree,

Or one of those jellyfish

Who regenerates like Doctor Who.

For Death is inevitable

The moment we are conceived.

I look for ways around this

And only see

An ocean

Of Religious and Spiritual

Speculation.

Paul Butters