Some Would Say I Have Lived

Some would say i have lived

   I have waded barefoot through caribbean rivers

   And Slinked through city back allies

   ducked secretively into second story windows to avoid witness

   Laid down beneath the stars and stood up behind and below the bleachers

   I have played a clown for thousands and pulled laughter from tears

   I have spotted the Pleiades and commemorated the passing of Haleys 

   I have created beautiful melodies no one will hear

   And written words no one could perceive

   I have lived in the moment 

   I have dared

   I have lived a life of reflection and considered the good.

Some would say i have lived

   But these are all just moments

   Pockets of time no more connected to each other

   Than they are to you the reader.

   In sum they do not illustrate a life well lived

   They are only mirages of times gone by

   That in a moment will be lost for all eternity

   But do not mourn for me

   You experineced this too.

   The fleeting, the slipping, the elusive

   The chasing, the approaching, the sliding...

   The futility of purpose.

   But that is too far.

Some would say i have lived