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Created on: February 17, 2007 Last Updated: May 14, 2007
{Life And Death}
The answers stay the same
Whether written on cheap paper napkins
or embroidered with silk
The past never happened
and the futures never coming
We are forced to live for the moment
or the temporarily "long term"
which only spans over seven to eight decades
Life is gone in the blink of an eye
and is given just as fast
what you do next
wont matter when you die tomorrow
You don't have to live spontaneously
or cautiously
Just
Live
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