Live, don’t just exist

Listen to the music of the gentle wind

A soothing relief from your distress and fear;

The songs of different lands it sings

So listen close, don’t just hear.

Look at the beauty of the rising sun

As it smiles against the raging sea;

A fresh hope it is from the dark of night

Now look at it good, don’t just see.

Feel the soft caress of the tumbling rain

Let it fall upon your cheek;

Now close your eyes and turn to the sky

And feel it all, savor the moment.

Breathe in the lucid air of creation

Experience the entity that feeds the fire;

Take in the musky scent of earth

You must breathe, don’t just respire.

Believe in the power of glorious love

It is all that is real and just;

Feel it course through your veins and fuel your heart

Learn to love, don’t just lust.

Our whole lives we tread on the safer path

Tucked in the solace of our vary cyst;

Of some things we are afraid, of others, too careful

And we forget to live, we simply exist.

So take this moment to make things right

To make the most of absconding time;

Life is short and we can only do so much

So live, dear reader, don’t just exist.