A List For A Life Most Lived - (didactic)

A "List" poem and "Didactic" poem hopefully delightful

Take to the birth canal to climb out

Don't hurt mother or her humble womb

Leave the cervix intact, alone

Climb into the light through tears

See it for what it is and move on

Grow from a child into life alive

Become a teenager wise, clear eyed

Watch out for criminals with knives 

Keep your undulating travels straight

Stay awake, alert and vital

Take to the grave but never die

Be alive until it is your time to go

Go where no man has gone before

Take me with you because you can

Take me because you know

Take me because I said so

Let go because you should

Let go because it is time to

Take to the birth canal again if you can

Tell your mother and a friend or two

Speak gently in a tone they understand

Hug them if you want to

 

(You may never come again)