Taking Life
am i really able to,
do i really have the right
is it more of an obligation
can i just leave it, despite
my desire as well as yours
to experience it in totality
if robbed of whole experience
can anyone's life be free
i've heard it said that living
is licking honey off a thorn
if the act is ended prematurely
would those left scorn, or mourn
in actuality probably each is true
life's a balance of sweet and sting
tears as well as cries of laughter
tell the voice to wail or sing
suicide, euthanasia, and homicide all
are judgment calls from our eyes
who's to say whether right or wrong
all lead to life's certain demise
from this side of my vision i
only can say that for now, i feel
my life, like yours, is paramount
the pinnacle of what, for me is real
should i reach a fork later on
to reevaluate my current stance
i'll make a decision only then
regarding taking this life askance
life is both blessed and cursed
taking it as it comes is the way
i can only live it unrehearsed
'til my storied end, then go away
© Goode Guy 2012-03-26
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