More than a trendy arm-inked motto:
Carpe Diem
Tattooed on heart and arm, encompassing
my worldview,
my decisions,
my hopes,
my fears,
My Life
and it may someday influence
my
beautiful death.
I don't want to
die gasping for breath
in the mall parking lot
I don't
want to leave in a pool of elderly
suffering either
Let me seize my final day and then
die with a mischievous smile
I'm
thinking James Dean style.
Much older than James, but no less
adventurous and free
If my body grows old, does that mean
that I have to be?
We all want to manifest our own realities,
control our own destinies
sensible, planned out, with no real mystery
Not me.
I'd rather sit back and see
what life throws
in my direction,
enjoying the journey
No concern
for the destination,
seeing only what I can in
this
moment
I travel onward.
Hating hatred,
enjoying enjoyment, and
loving.
When I'm over, please celebrate as much as you mourn
Know that I loved, laughed, listened, learned, and truly lived
I've written my epitaph for you to
read with remembering eyes:
I was a
bride married to adventure
I was the groom of my wife named
mystery
I was a lover to a mistress named passion, and
I worked the corner bartering my
narrative
in exchange for yours.
I will do more than
visit this world,
attempting to leave it with the most toys
I have no need to be popular, but I need to be
important to the people who surround me
I will truly love and fully live, and then
I will die
and leave a
void.