Because I Live Mr

"Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?" -Mary Oliver Because I live, I have a life I have a life to spend My life is still just starting While others start to end. Because I live while others die And those much more deserving I will do my best cause any life Is a life that’s worth preserving. Because I live for just awhile And there is so much to be done I won’t get bogged down in “important” I’ll try to have some fun. Because I live how others can’t I have freedom, I’m not hidden on a shelf I must do what others can’t and always be myself. Because I live, because I love I’m destined to feel pain, I won’t hide, it's all worth feeling Surviving thunder to feel rain. Because I live for years and years And only for a moment Boredom and diplomacy Are living’s worst opponents. Because I live in times of trouble Because we all live in fear I will do my best to stay and fight And will fight for all my years. Because I live while others died And died so I could live I will live to be alive Not so some god can forgive.