-- A Life As If --

­­John Herlihy

We live our life as if it is true ,

Even if at times it seems untrue .

This life the only one we know,

Here today, evanescent as snow.

Some live, but dream another life,

To live as if waiting for a better life.

A life that we know to be untrue ,

To live a life that we never knew.

Let’s make a difference in our life,

And live it fully as if it is our life.

Then it is a life we choose to know,

A life as challenge to learn and grow.

Whether false, true , imagined, real,

This is the only life I could ever feel.

Imagine the life of a window butterfly,

A life transparent she never asked why.

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Copyright © John Herlihy

Wednesday 16 December 2020