no time to waste

ah, death,

you say, there are few 

that enter into thine eye
so dark 

where the mind loses it's hold 

of the persona

indeed, this is true 

yet you stay at a steady 

clip upon the heels 

the days, the weeks, the years 

there you are 

shadow man 

i cast my eyes upon you 

and see, there is very little 

time to waste here, 

for you will come no matter 

and you will be merciless 

in your taking of what you

will take 

and what say you too?

that there is no salvation 

in the hereafter 

for the mind-set is the same 

and those chains don't fall away 

when the body goes

yes, you do indeed have a lesson 

in your presence 

that the time to be alert is now 

not tomorrow 

not in the hereafter 

or when the conditions are just right 

but to live fully now and be in the 

moment while in this body 

oh what is the use of this life

if there is just a seeking of 

pleasure after pleasure?

that dream will only linger 

until the ego is no more 

do not delay then

find the heart center and sink in 

find that peace now,

while alive