someone wished me today
they said
that they hoped
i would live to see the day
my grandkids find my favourite books
and it just seemed incredible that
someone else
can imagine me to grow that old
can think, or hope
that
i may live
to see that
i mustn't delude you
i do not have intentions to take my life
(most of the times)
but i never
imagined that i would want
to live that long
as if death
whether on my own accord
or some other
was simply such a natural
course of events
that it needn't
be thought about.
but what do i know,
someone's got to show those kids the damn books.
