Give me life
With a pounding heart,
Every inch of flesh alive
For as long as I live.
You can keep your slow death
With its polite acquiescence.
Just surviving isn't life,
And I want to live.
I want to open my eyes
And feel life rush in first thing.
I want to rush from that bed
Like a shot.
I want to feel my spirit
Soar and sing all day.
And every last minute
To give it all I've got.
I'm done with the days of
Staring out the window.
I'm done watching life
Pass me by.
I'm done with surviving
Always lost in the shadows.
I'm ready to thrive
In the light.
