I'Ll Celebrate
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Don't dare to tell me how to act my age
Or that I'm too much drama on the stage
The curtain call will come, and here am I
I will not acquiesce before I die
I feel that time is running way too fast
This life I live, these moments will not last
There is no time to be sedate and coy
I'll break what binds and bends; I'll capture joy!
Tradition's heavy chain, I'll break somehow
I'll taste, I'll touch, I'll fly, and this I vow
When death comes near to give me fateful kiss
I will not weep, for nothing is amiss
The song that resonates inside, I'll sing
That hidden fantasy to light I'll bring
The cloistered dream, I'll set to frenzied flight
I will indulge my whims that bring delight
I will not leave my thoughts untouched by verse
I'll bless with words, immune to sting of curse
With blaze of light, I'll burn in brazen bliss
My lust for life I'll fill, nothing I'll miss
So do not tell me what to do or say
I may not live for longer than this day
And I will not accept a normal state
I'll forge my life my way; I'll celebrate!
Eileen Manassian
Copyright © Eileen Manassian | Year Posted 2016
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