Life Goes On

I didn't ask for this, he said.
I didn't sign up on the cosmic list of life,
didn't apply for a position on the earth.
I didn't want to be a protector of the weak,
didn't expect to be held to rigorous tasks.
I didn't ask for this.

I don't deserve this, she said.
I didn't earn the infirmities,
didn't warrant the wrath of the "better."
I didn't incur the positions of poverty,
didn't beg to become a beggar.
I don't deserve this.

I didn't ask for this, he said.
But I got it.
I didn't ask for this,
but it's mine to do something with.

I don't deserve this, she said.
But I got it.
I don't deserve this,
but it's mine to do something with.

Life goes on as
lives goes on and
lives are different
But they're ours to do something with.