your ******* *****
and do something
before life passes
and you wonder where it’s gone
in a poem
or a song

live high
because before you know it
you’ll be another dead poet
in a world full of them

stand out as a mountain
reverberate as an echo
spin your lines like a tornado
get inside their heads
plant a seed
grow a tree
in someone else’s garden
be the fertilizer

listen to someone wiser –
learn from other’s mistakes
before it’s too ******* late