In the beginning no one was present
To determine the exact moment of creation
But it has been determined there was a beginning
Some four point five four three two billion years ago
The slow process that formed the earth
A dust cloud subject to gravitational forces
Gradually coalescing into our solar system
Did not create our planet on any one date
Although people like to celebrate annual events
As if our lives begin the day we take our first breath
Or begin with any of the developments in utero
No one starting point of our existence exists
The same could be said about our end of life
As older people experience an accumulation of losses
While still being able to declare "I ain't dead yet!"
Even as we gradually approach the lifeless state
When it is written that someone gave up the ghost
The meaning is lost in translation from the original
That simply says you released your last breath
To be taken in by some other living thing
To say when the circle of life starts in motion
At what point to begin the arrow of time traveling
Like asking the chicken and the egg question
The answer my friend is in the air we breathe
