take in the sense of experiencing them

it's not like I took them anywhere

when I will face

my final hour

I hope to be satisfied

just in case there is more after I died

I don't want to be sorry for the things I haven't done

I don't want to be unhappy for missing out on fun

I don't want to be there, somewhere else

looking back and laughing at myself

for the foolish fears that stopped me before I'd begun

I rest my head

I type my story

story in the sense of my experience

it's not all just made up in my mind

if in the end

there is no glory

I hope to be satisfied

just in case there's nothing after I died

I don't want to be spending my last breathable moments

regretting a series of denials and postponements

that make up the life I must call mine

I don't want to feel I wasted time

it's the wrong time to make meaningful atonements

I want to say

take me as I am

and be proud of the way

I always took a stand

for what I believe in

honesty without harm

I don't want some magic wand

or a tainted lucky charm

I want to say

I'm ready to go

and be satisfied with

all I did and know

so I take every moment

and give it all I've got

just in case the great hereafter

is not

.      .      .

I take a break

I take a lesson

adding one more moment of experience

to a life of living each moment

and I will face

death without guessing

because I will be satisfied

I live to be alive, not to have died

I live to be alive and not to die