If I ever leave this world alive
I’d laugh and generate a feast
I’d look at life like an archive
I’d find a reason why I exist
Escape from empty living
Resembling the ghost of the past
Live the day like it’s my last
(c) ladyleemanila 2017
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Ladyleemanila 
If you find a reason why we exist, let me know. Nice take-off from the song. ❤
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I will! thanks, Olga 🙂
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🙂
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Oh this is soo beautiful!! Love the song too 😀
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thank you, Sanaa 🙂
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Yes, live each day as if its the last full day ~ Very meaningful write ~
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thank you, Grace 🙂
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Wise words in a well- crafted poem 🙂
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thanks, Janice 🙂
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Good advice, for sure. 🙂
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thank you 🙂
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Love your poem, Lady Lee! A good resolution – we should all live each day like it’s our last.
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that’s right, Kim 🙂
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I wonder if there is something better there beyond or if we leave this world alive and realize we’ve missed it all.
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we may never know, thanks, Björn 🙂
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The first line and the last line have an nice incongruity between them. As I interpret them, only if I can leave the world alive are all the things in the remaining lines possible including being able to live today, before I have left, as if it were my last. Enjoyable.
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thank you, Frank 🙂 great interpretation!
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