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If I Am To Die Tonight

If I am to die tonight Let all my secrets spill About the lives I lost And those I saved As part of my fight Surging thunders for its thrill Forgetting the true cost Of what my heart truly craved If I am to die today To the countless I saw It is to which I thank yee For memories I cherish Beyond what words may say Farther than the eye may see And last long past my perish If I am to die tomorrow Let the sands of time Slow to a wounded crawl So I may find myself drunk On the serenades of friendship I have longed to enjoy And resurrect my memory From endless sorrow As my mind so focused on crime Tried to seal away everyone outside Its wall And keep inside worthless junk If I died yesterday I shall beg the angels To let my soul wander So I may visit all Who I let reside in my heart To simply remember The beauty in them I loved From bonding miles away To moments alone upon a hill And treks into the valleys Leaving myself to ponder The purpose of life I left behind Forgetting the reason to brawl So I may truly part Into the warmth of heavenly embers If I am to die Let me take each moment To make what wrongs I can Right Let me flourish To give what life I have left Its fullest fulfillment Before it's fooled By another conman If I am to die Let the one I love Know my true embrace Without a source of doubt Far past all fear To which I may cry When the wedding with white doves Brings deserve joy upon her face As I repeat the words to assure "I am forever yours, My dear"
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Written by
dakota-frandsen
23 / M / American
Published
Apr 7, 2018
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67·304
Tags
#mortality#momento#mori#death#reality#wish
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