If I shunned the world and hid inside,

If I never went out staying in to hide,

If my time I did before going out bide,

Would you call me a coward after I died…?

If I quit my job and ran away,

If only I did with Rufuz play,

If in one place I never did too long stay,

Would you call me a coward before my already dead body did decay…?

If I never opened the door,

If I only slept on the floor,

If I allowed only Rufuz to tell the world the score,

Would you call me a coward after my ashes were scattered on the shore…?

          © ed ~ 8/26/05