Saturday, October 3, 2020

If I Died Yesterday

If I had died yesterday
Some would be sad 
Others would come to my last rites 
And help mom and dad 
Some others would be upset
Or call me weak
A drug probe might be ordered 
My room closed off and boarded up
But I didn't die yesterday
I didn't die yesterday
Because I want to live 
I want an eventful Instagram profile 
I want to write one more N-N-1 
I want to stand upon a mountain and yell
I. Am. Alive 
I want to bring back teenaged me 
Who led by example 
And not empty words 
I want to meet people and go places 
I don't want the demon to win
That my friend is why
Why I did not die yesterday

The Bilge Master

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