If I Shall Die Today

if i shall die today


i will have lived a thousand lifetimes of happy bliss


contained within that single passing moment 


of unspoken, unending, beauty.

that moment 


when our eyes first met 


across that ocean of blurred lights and faces 


and i stood there


with my naked soul


heart like a humming bird


suspended in time.

that moment 


when everything fell into place


and simultaneously all fell away


and i stood there


lost in the reality 


of your breathtaking existence. 

was i at all born before that day


that moment, that face

that brought life to theses bones


breath to these lungs


words to this paper


and reason to this old and weary soul.

yes if i shall die today


i will have lived a thousand times more 


then any one who has ever died before


for i have danced in your grace 


long enough to know, to not fear fate.

Reviews

[alifeacoustic]

Beautiful. To know love and feel so alive, that it feels like your first breath, then wrap it into words and lay them so beautifully. Superb. Thank you for sharing.

[K. Sikes]

I'm breathless. I'm tearing up as I write this. Your gentle and experienced words have drawn some of the most unnoticed and important feelings/memories from the corners of my mind. I relate to every line. I understand where you wrote this from, and I can't thank you enough. Immediately saved it to my library.
Bravo. Keep writing.

[Oliver Queen]

I liked it could feel the emotions