Play the Game, Stay Alive

Life is dangerous,
But just a game,
It may be the cause of death,
But it’s not always to blame.

Nothing too serious,
Can it be fatal, yes it can,
You must be careful,
You must plan.

You must have a strategy,
Or you won’t stay alive.
It’s all just a big game of life,
Yet it takes a lot more to more than live, to thrive,

It’s dark, evil, unrewarding,
And as permanent as black marker,
It gets harder, very much,
And it gets darker, so much darker...

Sometime it’ll end,
It’ll get to you one day,
Whether short or long,
It’s the end of the play.

The game ends,
The pieces fall away,
The dice stops rolling,
On your death’s day.