The Pinball Machine

A pinball has no legs, no mind.
It gets shot out from a spring. It bounces around.
Off one wall, off the other.
When it begins to fall to its end, its kept alive by being slapped by flippers..
only to bounce around all over again. 
Survival and wandering repeated over and over.
Till finally, the flippers can't save the ball.
And it slides away into the abyss.

I know many lives like this.
Bouncing around from situation to circumstance with no control.
Only surviving and wandering as long as they can.
Till one day, they can no longer survive.
And they slide away.