It can’t be true

It can’t be true
The news
It’s not days old
And yet we seek for confirmation
That it can’t be true
And as we seek for new stories that say no, just kidding
We find more that say, sorry, but yes.
Again, we shake our head that it can’t be
But we are faced with the inevitable
The life, our life, is not endless
We must face our demons and our mortality
Like we do through the passing of others
As we are reminded that we too have a time
That ready or not, we must face the inevitable.