Ins and Outs

This is what life’s all about:

We barrel in and totter out.

 

Along the way, we smile or pout

And try our best to conquer doubt.

 

We may be rebels or devout,

Remain unnoticed or have clout,

 

Yet we survive, in flood or drought,

Our whispers rising to a shout

 

As we fight in our final bout;

Then, like a candle, fizzle out.