by Jason Bauer
O to love and be loved,
Not to judge,
Just to feel,
And to live in a world that is real.
To read poetry to a kind woman,
And to wear my heart on my sleeve,
Never succumb to hate,
Just be kind to a world that is truly great.
O to climb mountains,
Cross rivers,
Always being,
Never slowing,
Only living and hoping and growing.
My what a wonderful life,
To be who I am,
And truly alive,
O if this describes heaven,
I would gladly keel over and die.
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