LIVE, my child

One day death will come for me, child
and I shall pass too
as all men have
and as all men will
until
eternity 
retires or dies...

Promise me you'll live harder when I'm gone
that you will skate a perfect figure eight.
don't drive the same line deeper into the ice
you'll get stuck in a rut
remember you started somewhere 
if not where you started
and that infinity is not forever
and it will end.

Author's Note

Criticism is perfectly fine!