Life

 

I tried to be brave

but my smile wore thin

As the sad-faced doctor 

called me in,

Averting her eyes

the doc spoke first,

"The news I have,

I'm afraid is the worst,

It's LIFE!" she said

as she shook her head,

"There isn't a cure

and you'll end up dead!

As for prognosis,

could be months or just days,

With this diagnosis

nobody can say,

Might be five years or fifty

but here's the shame,

For the good and the bad

the result's just the same.

 

So take my advice;

When you leave here, make haste!

Not a day, not a breath,

not a kiss can you waste!

Go in search of the truth,

show your friends that you care,

Do what you want

with your clothes and your hair,

Take heed of your instsincts

and break stupid rules,

Don't dance attendance 

on miserable fools,

Chrerish the people

who treat you well,

And tell all the others

to go straight to hell!"

 

That's what the doc told me -

I swear it's all true -

So please understand

why I have to leave you...