Live Poem by Alice Shaw

Wake up to your pain,
Stand up to your call,
Open your eyes, open your soul
Smile to the world

Hide from the world
Think for yourself
Forget about rules
Just live

Live, live, live
Don’t worry about tomorrow
It will come in time
Think about today
Look it straight in the face
Don’t be scared
Stand up high
Fight for freedom
Live, live, live…

Learn to respect others,
Grow up to love
Feel it, running through you
Take it, use it

Get away from everything
Protect yourself, your love
Give food to you thoughts
Express yourself

Live, live, live…

Leave all behind
Start again from scratch
Erase everything
Help somebody else

Give up your place
Let somebody else have it
It wasn’t good anyway
Let it go away from you

Live, live, live….

Do things,
Remember some,
Forget others
But always remember:
Life isn’t endless