Gives Him Life And Death

A quiet working man
Wearing blisters on bare hands
Walking with a severe limp
And winces when he stands

Years of meditation 
To try and ease his back pain
Nearly a lifetime of surviving
Has had a negative impact on his brain

He struggles with his hearing
From the constant factory noise
His own life sacrificed
To create a home for his boys

Each one of his major senses
Have been slowly dying
But he's determined not to give in
He refuses, to stop trying 

For his way of life
Has provided him a living
But it is shoving him towards death
And that's not so forgiving

Despite all the hardships
He would be lost if he stopped tomorrow 
But when you look deep into his eyes
He cannot hide the obvious sorrow