ON THE EDGE

ON THE EDGE

I open my eyes and it’s a new day on the edge of death.

I get out of bed and I take a deep breath.

I have an appointment with death that will just have to wait.

I have many things to do before my expiration date.

Time is not my friend, it keeps running fast.

I try to stay ahead, but I know I won’t last.

I try to out run death but I know I can’t win.

I’ve managed to keep a few steps ahead, but I know death will catch me in the end.

Is there a heaven and is there a hell.

I’ll never know here because only my dying will tell.

Believing in a place no one has ever seen is a hard sell.

But I think I’m already in a place called hell.

I have an appetite for some things that I crave.

There are things I want to do before spending eternity in a grave.

It would be great to achieve immortality from the words that I write.

To be able to come back and see this would be such a delight.

The clock is tic, tic, ticking so I will try to have fun.

I know when my time comes there will be so much left undone.

I know when I’m gone there will be so much I will miss.

Like the people I love and a special someone’s kiss.

The past is gone forever and the future sits on my bow.

I have my hopes and dreams but all I really have is now.

I can’t go backwards as hard as I may try.

My destination is forward and when I arrive I die.

I started out slow and as time went by I picked up steam.

Time begins to go faster and faster if you know what I mean.

Tick tock, seconds turn into minutes, minutes into hours, hours into a day.

Tick tock, tick tock, time keeps slipping away.

As the sun goes down, I know I’ve taken on everything that’s come my way.

There’s still so much left to do, there’s still so much left to say.

I close my eyes knowing another night brings me closer to the ledge.

I hope I can keep my balance through another night . . . walking on the edge.

STANLEY HENDRIX

11/29/2011

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