Why Not

why do so many
choose
to do work they
don’t want to do,
in order to live
in a way
they don’t want to live?

instead,
why not leap from a plane,
ride the rapids,
scale a rock face,
write, paint, sculpt,
dance,
sing?

why not choose
to walk their own path,
live in their own way.
why not become a myth
in their own lifetime?
why not invent their own myth?

fear of death follows
from fear
of living life.
why not live
fully prepared
to die
at any moment?

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