Live each day
\nas if it is your last
\nthat\u2019s what they\u2019ve
\nalways told me
\nI never paid attention<\/p>\n
The years slipped by
\nunmindful of me running
\nbehind grasping the shirt tails
\nTime won\u2019t you please slow down<\/p>\n
I\u2019m in that position again where
\nthis very well could be my last
\nWhat am I going to do?<\/p>\n
I\u2019ve never given much thought
\nto how I would spend my last
\nday
\ntwenty four hours
\nwhat can I accomplish?<\/p>\n
I wouldn\u2019t sleep in
\nI\u2019d wake up as soon as
\nthe day started
\nI\u2019d shower and eat breakfast<\/p>\n
Maybe my family would like
\nto join me and make it a big
\naffair<\/p>\n
I\u2019d love for you to sit next to
\nme-
\nHow\u2019s school?
\nHow\u2019s your friends?<\/p>\n
I know it\u2019s been ages since we
\nlast spoke. I\u2019m so sorry that time
\nescaped me.<\/p>\n
I have many other things to do-
\nI can\u2019t sit here all day.
\nBut we will see each other again
\nsoon.
\nI pinky promise!<\/p>\n
I think I would take some time
\nto clean
\nsounds silly I know-
\nBut I would prefer to not have
\nanyone need to clean up after<\/p>\n
Then\u2014<\/p>\n
Maybe I\u2019d go spend some
\ntime with friends
\nOr maybe I\u2019d just stay home
\nand relax<\/p>\n
I think I\u2019ll write out a bucket list
\nten things I wanted to do before\u2014
\nIt\u2019s really hard for me to say<\/p>\n
Before I die<\/p>\n
No one likes to think about their
\nown mortality
\nwe\u2019d rather go on and on blindly
\nsurprised when that moment happens<\/p>\n
And then end up saying
\nwhy no, I didn\u2019t know that at
\nsome point I would die
\nNo one dies\u2014
\nDo they?<\/p>\n
That\u2019s such child like way
\nof looking at things
\nOf course childhood is where nothing
\nbad ever happens and no one ever
\nsays goodbye<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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