you really might die

you really might die

at any moment

who is to say?

momentum

being the persuasion it is

control and expectation

being our bodyguards

timeline has committed

to a far away horizon

so much activity

per minute

per hour

per day

what is so complicated

about getting to the next moment?

if survival

was breathing down your neck

constantly

then the original premise

by now seems passé

if stress is devouring

then maybe you are asking

or permitting this as dare

o be ever present

you really might die

at any moment

if that is so true

then it is so not the story

we are living

I personally

have no act in finality

as passing

everything done

is predicated on something next

I am not living in summary

as if this will be the last time

to feed the fish

or rotate the tires

or sign my name

if this is in fine print

then those eyes of mine

even squinting, are retired

way before

this directive seems relevant

my only current excuse is

in the form of an accident

if you really might die

at any moment

then now becomes

a philosophical whipping post

for storied accounts of others

who honored this premise

and grandly so

oh I was supposed to hear this

from within evoked fear?

I was to reconsider

the worth and value

in my carriage?

yes I understand

it may be factual

but what is your point?

you are saying this

as of now

as a bystander!

I am not trying

for the cameo life

of a rock star

I am not looking

to adrenal activities

to spice up the day

yes my gene pool

has provided clues

and vulnerabilities

I am not pleading innocence

or fair play either

you really might die

at any moment

apparently

you must be speaking

about your loss?

is there some shared apprehension

you are seeking?

does saying this make you feel

that we are all the closer?

if you’d at least said this

also to trees, animals and comets

I’d be a better listener

and compliant in response

but inviting me

to your sacred altar

of impending death

via a canopy

of conversational response

is easy to dismiss

sure you can talk at me

after the fact

you can say whatever then

that sets you free

but make this implicitly clear

beyond what fear offers

that you

saying it to yourself

really might die

at any moment