Life is a waterfall: br We're one in the river br and one again after the fall.* br br We lived in the Otherworld br We're born, we live, we die; br We return to the Otherworld. br br The souls who lived nobly br Are reborn into a higher consciousness. br The souls who wasted their lives br Are reborn into inferior forms. br br That is the cycle: br Our lives are lived for better or for worse, br And we are repaid in kind. br br br *These are the first 3 lines of System of a Down's 'Aerials, ' the song that inspired me to write this poem.