6ft by 3ft

See no one’s perfect

No one ever claimed to be

Flaws that stick like scars

Scrub, wipe and erase

A few still linger on

If wishes ever came true

And I had magic in me

I would wipe them clean

And start all over again

I might live or I might die

For if tomorrow comes

If it does then so be it

If it doesn’t I’ll carry it

All of me and my mind

To my grave and after life

Funny how it all ends

With just dust around us

Perfect or imperfect me

I still get 6 ft by 3 ft

A tombstone and an epitaph

Saying that was just ‘me’

Some flowers and a candle stick

A few tears too, maybe

But lived a life I loved

Or so I think, wouldn’t know

Just keep going with the flow

Taking each day for its worth

For life comes at you just once

Gather it all and smile away

What is to loose or to gain?

Life is to embrace they say

Did I embrace mine just right?

On judgment day would I know?

The answers and the questions

Seemingly entwined in a knot

Unfurl them and set it free

Watch them soar away

Like glass winged butterflies

Looking around soaking it in

Watching the world seeing it

Helpless but wanting more

Spreading a glow around

Hoping to see a better world

Living in a glass bauble

Trying to unhurt the globe

There is only this much said

And only that much can be done

And so we just move on some

Hoping every day will change

Into something bright and nice

Oh how foolish humans are

Hope is all we ever have

So hanging on to it for now

Who knows what tomorrow says

I do care and then I don’t

I still have my place carved out

Just mine and only mine

That would be my 6 ft by 3 ft…

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