Twice In A Life

YOLO when I laugh.

YOLO when I cry.

YOLO when I tuck

The kids in at night.

YOLO when I come over.

YOLO when I stay.

Even when we’re wrinkled …

When we’re old and grey.

What do you say?

Wrinkles of joy :

Little girls and little boys

On Christmas Day,

Unwrapping Toys.

Let’s revisit those times!

The kids within us

Never die.

We just lost the game

When we told them to

Hide.

“I’ll seek!”

(‘Cause it’s all about the winning streak).

Hours became days and days became weeks …

It’s only natural to assume

They died in that creek

Where our parents once told us

“You’re weak!”

“You’re so full of garbage, it reeks!”

So even when you’re cold

Or have nothing to say …

Even when you’re warm,

You always find a way

To break the mold

Or sculpt my heart like clay

Just so I can feel,

So this hate can go away.

So this hate can finally

Dissipate.

Girl,

I’m here to

Participate

Because you only live once,

And if that doesn’t

Exasperate

You

To no end,

What will?

You only live once …

No time left to kill!

YOLO when I reach out.

YOLO when I reach in

To see my own heart beatin’

And my body keeping count.

If you’ve ever had the fortune

To see a miracle twice,

Just wait until you breathe :

A miracle for life …

Until your last breathe recedes,

Until the last tree’s leaves,

Blooming flowers and seeds,

Are no longer visited

By the birds or the bees

(And nor will you make

A few of your own

Because all of us will

Re-evaluate our needs

When the last drop of water

Is gone from Her streams).

YOLO when the popo

Come knocking at your door.

“Congratulations, young man!

We really adore

What you did out there,

Saving that cat

Just by a hair.

Those that help

Regardless of color,

Father or mother,

Sister or brother,

Human or other,

Deserve another

Love in return,

For you reap what you sow

And you get what you earn.

Now if I may …

We’d love to acknowledge

This hero today

With a Medal of Honor

To remember the brave.”