If life was a gift I'd allow you to slide down glaciers Swim with the sharks as currents do Live in a whale watching the skies from inside But, I keep you alive because I really have to Not because I love you If I loved you, you'd already be in paradise with me Overlooking sun and moon Shadow and sooner be with my angels But I wish you good luck On finding your higher power How I found the depth of the seas without a guiding stream I bid you farewell, nameless metaphysical being