Death and dieing  Poems on specific subjects and themes   Return to home page 

Book 12 Page 27

Can die but once

For the Christian faith,

“A man can die but once.”

For the Atheists,

“A man can die but once.”

For the Buddhist Faith,

“A man can spin off the Karmic wheel but once.

For those without a faith.

“A man can die,”

but who’s knows what happens next.

© Written by Dominic John Gill www.poetry.net.au  dominicj7@poetry.net.au 30/12/99