It Is A Terrible Way

It is a terrible way to die,
Has been said before.
Is there a good way to go?
Peacefully in your sleep?
Thoughts that burn and creep
About someone's demise.
What are we as a mortal being
That thinks that we know,
All the answers, but in our
Defense, there is scientific
Results of studies, not of guess
And from that we will make
A decision, that effects us all,
That has no foundation, but to say
Life's a gamble everyday.