Breathe Easy

 
Tick follows tock, as tock follows tick
Breath taken in, breath exhaled out
Eyes get opened, eyes get closed
Heart erratically thumps, pulse quickly pumps
You’re next breath could be your last
The next thing you say could be your last words
The next emotional response could be your epitaph
The person that you next hurt, may stay hurt for ever
Death is only a matter of when, not if

How would you want to be remembered?
How much pain do you really want to leave behind?
What have you put off that you cannot do now?
What apologies have you kept in abeyance
Who will never know because you never told them?
Who will never know your love because you never gave it?
Who will feel unloved because you never showed it?

How would it be if you lived your life like it could end at any moment?
How would it be if everyone lived their life like it could end any second?
How would you behave?
How would you express your self?
Who would you apologise to and mean it?
Who would you love, really love?
Who would you care for, really care for?

Death is our one guarantee in life
The dead cannot forgive
The dead cannot apologise
The dead cannot retract
The dead cannot love
The dead cannot rectify
The dead cannot act
The dead cannot care
The dead; Are just dead!