I am not yet ready,to taste of death, nor smell its foul, and rancid breath Slowly stripping the very life, from my human bones, yet know inside That each man, born on this earth, must die alone, i know not the one Who penned,''It's not the length of the life, but how well it was lived'' Time may not place or number me, among the immortals, but i carry The knowledge within, that in all of my living days, i gave , and sought Out love, in this crowded space