Life’s too short
As a teenager they say life is too short
But that person doesn’t give it a second thought
Decades later you realise what it means
Long after the boring daily routines
Everything can change in a heartbeat
One decision could make you incomplete
An accident could change your mobility
Change your outlook and capability
One genetic dysfunction
Can make your entire body malfunction
One disgusting disease
Can bring you and your loved ones to your knees
What it means to be happy and healthy
Means so much more than being wealthy
A career and fake friends mean nothing
When the doors are slowly shutting
The ones who stand by and witness
Are completely helpless and turn religious
Praying that they make it through
Begging for one chance to renew
As teenagers we think it’s a lie
That earlier in life you may need to say goodbye
As a teenager we feel invincible
Never comprehending the unthinkable
Decades show we are not
Be happy with what we have got
Not what we haven’t
We need to stop being nonchalant
Our lives are too short for regrets
Because when your life is complex
There is no turning back
And have to accept the fact
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Andy DW | Year Posted 2026
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