AD INTERIM

Before I leave I will say adieu
To my friends and all I knew

But until then there is much to do
to love, to play; to cry, to pray
TO BE, oh yes, TO BE.

Time enough to be inert
prone and very dead
To become dust, to be as one with dirt.

Today a present I receive, from fate
which I gladly take
I do not ask, I do not hesitate
Matters little friend or foe
for, will there be a tomorrow?

Today's prudence is future's gain
Yesterday's abandon is today's pain
But why think of blame and consequence
When to seize the day is joy and jubilance.

To do is to become
Act and you shall define
The who, the what, the why you are.

And when you arrive where all action is to forever cease
You will know, though surely deceased
You have lived to tell a tale
to win, to fail; to fall, to scale
to reach the heights
to feel the depths
TO BE, oh yes, TO FOREVER BE.