*"And if I died today I'd be the Happy Phantom...And I'll go chasing the nuns out in the yard...And I'll run naked thru the street without my mask on...And I will never need umbrellas in the rain...I'll wake up in strawberry fields everyday..And the atrocities in school, I can forgive...The Happy Phantom has no right to bitch..."

If I were called beyond the veil
If I crossed that bridge today
Could I petition
For more time to stay?

And if I went unwillingly
Rebellious, as my nature
What resistance would I encounter
For my nomenclature

For surely, I would wail intense
Would most likely castigate
The powers that decided
Against my fate

Yet, there be another thought, what IF I went
Into that 'good night'
Surely then, I could
Make hasty flight

To be where you are
To slip quietly beside
Watching o'er you
As guardian, reside

Playful, in moments when
You miss me about
Seraph, to your needs
Muse, when e'er you doubt

For if I left this earthly plane
I'd forever, keep you near
I'd be the Succubus'
Warm whisper in your ear

So, no fear to slip these mortal bonds
For ours are fore-ordained
With that in mind....
I think I'd still like to remain


*"Woo hoo... The time is getting closer...Woo hoo.. Time to be a ghost...Woo hoo...Every day we're getting closer..The sun is getting dim..Will I pay, for who I've been...yeah!..." The Happy Phantom, Tori Amos..Crucify (album)*** a friend once told me that, on the day we are born, we begin to die. I say..Today, let us begin to live! Happy Sunday. aml..k