The Passing of a Soul

Rejoice with me.
I have found the sheep that was lost.
These beautiful leaves will all fall from the tree.
All life has in death its cost.

Cherish life yet accept death.
We can accept the law of double effect.
It can be as mistaken to artificially extend life as it is wrong to cause death.
Morphine to kill pain may allow us to die in peace even if a speedier death is the effect.

Everything we see, our whole world is dying.
Even the sun in its seeming permanence is dying.
Some things even in a day are passing.
Almost as soon as we arrive we are leaving.

But I trust palliative care will ease my passing.
And departing will lead to entering.