{I AM} LIF
{I AM } LIF
(OL’ NORSE FOR LIFE PRONOUNCED LEEF)
THE BATTLE IN ME
IS WEAKENING THIS
FIGHT
DONE ALL I CAN
TO LAST AS LONG
AS I CAN
TOO FAR ON THE
BOTTOM
OF THINGS
NEVER ALLOWS…
TO FIND MY
OTHER HALF
NEVER THE
SWEET TASTE TO
RETURN
NOT SURE HOW
MANY MOTHER
EARTH CYCLES
MORE WILL I SEE
TIME IS WORKING
AGAINST ME
A LONG
AND PROSPEROUS
LIFE
NOW REDUCED
INTO
A SHORTER SPAN
FOR I FEEL
IT INSIDE
EVERY DAY
THE MEDS KEEP IT
AT BAY
BUT ARE LOSING
GROUND
WHEN ITS
FINALLY BROUGHT
TO THE SURFACE
ALL MY HOPES
AND DREAMS
ALL WISHES
LONG THEN GONE
EACH DAY
CHERISH IT
FOR YOU KNOW
NOT WHEN
THE ANGEL
OF DEATH
WILL CALL
ON WHICH HOUR
OF THE DAY
OR NIGHT
TO SEND YOU
FROM YOUR
TO SPIRIT
NOR DO I KNOW
ITS NO LONGER
ISOLATED
FOR I FEEL IT
SPREADING EVERYWHERE
OUTWARD
LIKE WILDFIRE
AS I SIT HERE
IN MY CHAIR
SURROUNDED
BY MY LIVING SPACE
ALL SEEMS
SO LOST NOW
YET EACH DAY
I DO WHAT I CAN
TO SPREAD WHATS
LEFT OF ME
AND ALL I AM
CAPABLE OF
TO SHARE
IT TO THOSE
THAT HAVE A
PIECE OF MY
CREATIONS
TREASURE THEM
SO WHEN I
AM GONE
THERE IS SOMETHING
MORE THAN A
MEMORY LEFT
TO FADE AWAY
WASHING DOWN
THE DRAIN
OF THE ETERNAL
FLOWING
WATERS
INTO NOTHINGNESS
UPON THIS
INVISIBLE SHADE
OF ALL COLORS
ABSORBED INTO
THE LIGHT
FOR MY MARKS
ARE NOT SET IN STONE
A MERE
HUMAN EXISTENCE
WILL SHIFT
LIKE THE AROMA
IN THE AIR
CARRIED BY THE
WIND
AS I BECOME
CONSUMED BY
FIRE TO
BE ASHES AND
DUST
KNOWING THIS
STRUGGLE HASN’T
GOTTEN ME
VERY FAR
TO WHERE I
HOPED TO BE
EVERYTHING I OWN
HAS LITTLE
WORTH
SO I KNOW
WHERE IT WILL
END UP
AS THE YEARS
TURN INTO DAYS
AND DAYS TURN INTO
HOURS
AND HOURS INTO
MINUTES
EACH AND EVERY
BEAUTIFUL
PULSE
WILL SHINE NO MORE
IN TIME
WE ALL BECOME
JUST A THOUGHT
EVERY NOW
AND THEN
WHAT WAS
WORKED SO HARD
FOR SLOWLY
EBBS
INTO NEVER
NEVER LAND
I AM
MORE AND MORE
TIREDER
KEEPING MY
PRECIOUS TIMED
SAND FLOWING
BY TURNING
IT AS IT GETS
TO THE END
TO KEEP GOING
TAKES ITS TOLL
THE LITTLEST
THINGS
BRING SO MUCH
PEACE
AND BLISS
WHEN I CAN
AFFORD THEM
SO MY LIGHT
DOESN’T DIM
IN THIS STRUGGLE
AND MY HEART
STILL FEELS
IN THE BATTLE
LIKE
COFFEE’S AROMA
AND TASTE
EACH MORNING
OR THE
MEOWS OF
MY CAT
WAKING ME UP
TO BE FED
EVEN IF I HAVE
ONLY HAD TWO
HOURS OF SLEEP
OR SHARING
THE GIFTS
OF WATCHING
FRIENDS GROW
AND EXPRESS THEMSELVES
IN ALL THEY
DO
OR THE VOICES OF OTHERS
OR THE LEAVES
ON THE TREES
OR SNOW FALLING
TO THE GROUND
AND ALL THE
LIGHTS IN THE
NIGHT SKY
SHINING DOWN
BLANKETING
MY SOUL
WITH TWINKLING
SPARKLING
WONDERS
THEY HOLD
IN THE UNIVERSE
WHERE
I WILL RETURN
TO ONE DAY
FOR THAT
IS THE WAY
OF LIFE
NONE OF US
KNOW
THAT POINT
WHERE OUR
PERSONAL
HOURGLASS
BREAKS
SO I CARRY
IT FORWARD
IN THE HOPE
THAT KEEPS THE
FEAR AT BAY
THAT ALL MY
GOALS
GET MET
BEFORE THAT
DAY
REARS ITS
HEAD
OH IN THE DEPTH
OF MY
PHILOSOPHICAL
THEORIES
OF EVERYTHING
ON HOW
SOMETIMES
I CAN GET
A LITTLE DARK
ON SUBJECTS
THAT OTHERS
SHUTTER TO
EVEN DARE
TO THE
EXPANSE
OF MY EXISTENTIAL
MINDSET
OF CREATIONS
YET TO BE
WRITTEN
YET TO BE
EXPRESSED
YET TO BE
FELT AND
TOUCHED
SHARED
WITH
THE HIGHEST
REGARD
FOR THE
MEANING
OF LOVE
UNCONDITIONALLY
SO ONWARD
I SHINE MY
BRIGHTNESS
TIL ITS
PUSHED
INTO THE WIND
FLOATING
OUT TO THE OCEANS
FLOOR
WHERE I WILL
REST FOR ETERNITY
SOMEWHERE
SOMEHOW
WE ALL DO
WHAT WE CAN
WHILE WE ARE
HERE
TO BETTER
OUR HUMANITY
WE LEAVE
BEHIND
THAT IS
WHAT EACH
AND EVERY ONE
OF US
TOTALLY
SHOULD DO
THEN OUR
SOULS
WON’T HAVE
TO WORK SO
HARD FOR
THE LADDER
AND JUST
REMAIN IN
ETERNAL SLUMBER
HELD IN
THE ARMS
OF OUR OWN
PERSONAL
THOUGHT OF
HEAVEN.
I WILL LEAVE
IT WITH
GRACE
AND SILENCE
ALONE
WHERE THE
UNIVERSE
HAS SPOKEN
AND I LISTENED
IN FOR AWHILE
LEAVING
OH SO SUCH
A SMILE
FOR MY JOURNEY
WILL HAVE BEEN
A FANTASTIC
ONE.
[ITS NOT OVER
YET =)]
