LIVE LARGE

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Live Large, 

(You Only Die Once)

Sing

i don’t care if you sing in a church choir

a prayer of praise and thanks

or if you wail the blues in a dark smokey tavern

whose chairs are mostly vacant,

Sing

Dance

i don’t care if you dance a drunken stagger 

among tombstones in a graveyard

or kick your heels to the sky in a leaping pirouette

Dance

Cry

i don’t care if you cry because your beloved has been crushed

by a errant runaway truck

or because your first born just won the nobel prize

Cry

Laugh

i don’t care if you laugh because you suddenly 

notice what a fool you’ve been all your life

and you sure as hell are not alone

or if you laugh when one final obstacle drops out of the sky

stopping your mad urgent rush

to complete your “to do” list,

Laugh

Love

i don’t care if you love because the one 

you took for granted has left you 

with nothing but a letter of departure 

or because your toddler has

crawled up to cuddle himself in your lap

Love

Forgive

I don’t care if you’ve held a grudge for years 

until the moment that you recognize we all are doing 

the best we can

or if you finally accept your human imperfection

and embrace your self wholly 

as you imperfectly are

Forgive

Run

i don’t care if you run because a stick snapped in the darkness

and the door to safety is a half mile thru the woods

or if the love of your love has just returned

alive from a war in a foreign land

Run

Embrace

I don’t care if you embrace your grown up daughter

with a blessing and a letting go at her marriage

or if you embrace someone you blamed for your pain

releasing your darkest enemy

Embrace

Live

I don’t care if you wake up with a sudden jolt

of insight that you are the creator of everything you think and feel

or if you draw your last breath with satisfaction

that you have loved many and loved well

Live

Breathe

I don’t care what you do or don’t do

today,

but if you wish to be here to explore tomorrow

Breathe