Everyone has
What I’ve dubbed
Their own great calling.
You can’t ignore it
And I can’t forfeit.
Great in finality,
Invincible totality,
The great calling
Is but a simple date.

Some greatly fear it
While others learn to revere it
Leaving no clue with which to trace it,
Your great calling commands you to face it.

I survive my date every year
And yet its...