An Invitation

Come Death! I invite you with all my heart,

I have been told you succeed where life fails,

Don't let yourself down,

You can't turn down a sincere invitation,

Just wonder what people would say?

How ill of you they would talk?

And, tell me,

Would it look nice if I were to do your work?

What about your reputation then?

Are you so busy that you can't come?

Then what difference remains between you and God -

Who is so busy that he can't listen?

Who is so unyielding that he won't forgive?

Who is so indifferent that he doesn't care?

Come Death! I invite you with all my heart.