If I were to die today,
I'd be fine with it;
I have no choice but to be fine with it,
but I'd even be satisfied
Because I have lived, loved and lost,
failed, passed and succeeded,
driven a car and ridden in it,
I've flown, ran, walked, sat, slept,
talked, yelled, cried, whined and moaned,
I've even been silent at times
I've lived in cultures from both sides of the spectrum,
the semi-conservative, and the liberal,
I've drowned in depression and risen from it,
I've experienced immense joy and immense indifference;
I've created sites for the web,
videos for youTube,
songs for SingShot,
even blogs for Blogger.
I've researched and learned,
Worked with the best of the best,
acquired knowledge from the very creator of it,
I've even been inspired by the great leaders.
I've ventured on my own and failed,
but the lessons learned were invaluable
I've been angry, mean and even evil,
I've even gotten into arguments, fights and brawls.
I've sung, danced, and have gone into euphoria;
I've performed, acted, even played the guitar
I've had a fan base, even a posse at a point
I've been silly, serious, and sentimental
I've rejected a couple and pursued one
putting my reputation, belief, and principle on the line
I've even had to courage to get drunk
But I was pulled up high in bliss,
then dropped on my own accord
I've set goals and achieved them,
I've set goals and fell short
I've felt proud and superior,
I've even had a bit of an inferiority complex
I've set my expectations too high to be met,
I've applied to places I probably shouldn't have,
but some lessons learned in the application process have changed my life.
I've taken those lessons for a ride,
they've literally taken me places.
I've realized the 'power of now',
I've meditated and have been thoughtless,
I've prayed, I've sung, I've performed all sorts of rituals,
I've even felt the heat coming out of my palms.
But Alas, I haven't kissed, had sex
or even had my 'Upanayanam'
I haven't graduated, haven't been married, haven't had kids,
I've never told an age-old story to my grandkids
If I were to die today,
I would be fine with it,
I have no choice but to be fine with it,
but I'd even be satisfied
Because I have lived a good life,
A life of ups and downs,
goods and bads, happiness and sadness,
this and that..
Now, i am even more content because,
If i were to die today,
you have this poem/blog entry to read,
and hopefully reminisce your own life..
Don't worry.. I have no plans to go yet. I just wanted to put my life in perspective,
but if I WERE to die, I wanted to leave something from "beyond the grave... MUHAHAHAHAHAHA".. just kidding.. didn't mean to freak you out there... (I'm not suicidal ;)
and don't ask my why I crossed over to writing poems from blog entries.. i was thinking about it this way, so I simply wrote it this way.. (Any attempts to brand me as a fruit will be immediately dismissed by my rugged good looks)
