your life is your life,

don’t let it be clubbed

into dank submission.

be on the watch.

there are ways out.

there is a light somewhere.

it may not be much light

but it beats the darkness.

be on the watch.

the gods will offer you chances.

know them. take them.

you can’t beat death

but you can beat death in life, sometimes.

and the more often you learn to do it,

the more light there will be.

your life is your life.

know it while you have it.

you are marvelous

the gods wait to delightin you.

Charles Bukowski - The laughing heart