a list, an idea of life
to chase around.
No need for
grand philosophy
or borrowed ideology.
common sense can
get you everywhere.
Have a friend who's
equally crazy.
let him not let you
fall for idealism or slip
through the cracks
of darkness.
Live on rent,
own a vehicle,
read, travel,
fall in love and
don’t marry.
Be on the edge,
and rinse life
with uncertainty.
always keep moving.
Laugh too loud,
forgive too late,
and forget just enough
to keep going.
Learn to sit quietly
in your own mess,
and call it peace.
When the world
demands definitions,
be vague.
When it asks for purpose,
just breathe.
And at the fag end of life,
when they ask—
was it all worth it,
this lone, selfish life?
Tell them about
all the good and bad
sunsets without remorse,
and complaints.
it's a fair deal really.
you never know what
the other side
had to offer-
just like they would
never know how
cherries taste on this
side of the mountain.
and that's alright.
and if at all someone
shows some real
interest.
make a pact and
ask them write
something for you,
which can be used
as an epitaph on
an open grave that
comes, without a
tomb.