One Life
I wish to reflect upon as I die,
My enjoyment of touch, hearing, seeing,
And knowledge enough to identify,
Who loved and was loved, in spite of myself;
My genes, flesh and blood will still be there,
Hopefully prospering, all in good health,
When I'm infinitely less than thin air;
Like those yesterday, tomorrow, today,
Born in a very wrong time and wrong place,
To breathe but one breath and be blown away,
Into that senseless, unknowable space;
And if one life is all anyone gets,
Theirs are the tears of all our regrets.
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