Mere Mortals

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We plan all our lives,
thinking that we can anticipate the needs of our life.
Maybe it is our way of trying to establish control.

But all it takes is a flash,
a speeding car, a furious river, or just our mortality
To make us realize that it is all in vain.

That this is all a facade, an illusion,
That one cannot control time and its elements.
That we are mere mortals orbiting gazillion celestial bodies !

A wham is all it takes.
And we'll be wiped out, just like the dinosaurs :)  




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