On Alan Seeger's Rendezvous With Death

Alan Seeger wrote of his Rendezvous With Death his prophetic words for him came true
He went to war as a young man and death became his due
To die young in war as he did part of his life's destiny
Though many with this would not agree this is how it seems to me

The late President John F Kennedy did love that poem it was often read to him by Jacqueline his wife
He too died young under gunfire his destiny in life
That we can manipulate our destiny in life some see it in this way
Whether this be right or this be wrong is not for me to say

Alan Seeger was an adventurous young man a literary person of note
He left America when he was young and led the life of a wandering poet
His chivalry and sense of adventure led him to the  battlefields of Europe the  brave often die young
His best poems yet not written and his best songs yet not sung

Alan Seeger wrote of his Rendezvous With Death near a century ago
He was not destined for to grow old for time to become his foe
His death a loss to the Literary World to it he had so much to give
Suppose only those with some sense of fear to an old age do live.