"WHY NOT" by Julia Fehrenbacher

"WHY NOT" by Julia Fehrenbacher

If death is inevitable, if it is a sure

thing that this face, these hands,

this body that holds a lifetime of this living,

will, someday, no longer be here,

if you don't get to take a single thing with you—

then

why spend a moment more refusing,

worrying about who might disapprove,

measuring every move

as if there is some fixed formula you must

find? Why hold tight to anything?

Why not, instead, love every honeyed drop of yourself,

why not leap into life—belly-laughing

and light, light like the soft kiss of moonlight,

light like the light that you are,

have always been, will always be—

why not take this quickly passing day

by the hand and dance

like there's no tomorrow? And if you're too tired

to dance, why not rest lightly here

just as you are?

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words by Julia Fehrenbacher

Art 'Firefly' by Jimmy Lawlor

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