Dare I to dream that life holds more
Than I have experienced in my life before;
Cast away self-built walls that bar my way;
A shadows existence -- it's own price to pay;
Unbolt invisible locks that hold my soul;
Risk to feel real -- not just play a role;
Shrug away fears that inhibit me now;
Find the courage to really live, somehow.
I want to be all that I can be,
Experience all that's there for me,
I want to soar, I want to fly,
I want to live before I die,
Can I free the child hidden deep in me,
To let her feel, romp and act naturally,
Lose herself in wonder, joy and awe,
By seeing things the way I've never saw;
To allow her to scamper and uninhibitedly play,
To perceive things in a fresh new way;
But mostly to assure her of simply this--
That she's perfect just the way she is!
I want to spin fantasies and fairy tale dreams,
To just be silly, not worry how it seems,
I want to laugh, I want to cry,
I want to live before I die.
Can I reach out in friendship and assuredly know
That acceptance is there, and watch it grow,
And look in the mirror and really see me,
Instead of the person I thought I should be;
Have the courage to open up my heart,
And allow the fear and uncertainity to depart;
To cast this passive nature to the side
And really dare to feel and be alive.
I want to go where I've never been,
And see the things I've never seen,
I want to do, I want to try,
I want to live before I die.
Can I touch someone and they touch me,
Without restraint, glory in the intimacy,
Taste their essence as they taste mine,
Let our minds, souls and bodies intertwine;
Give myself, unristingly, without the fear
That has always kept me from getting near;
To soar in passion, without control,
Yet experience tenderness, and we be whole.
I want to feel what I've never felt,
And feel my control begin to melt,
Feel my body really come alive,
I want to live before I die.
Can I taste life's sweetness and savour the pain
And go back and do it all over again;
Can I learn to live for just a minute in time,
And grasp that moment and make it mine;
Experience what now I can not conceive,
But people are starting to make me believe--
That's there's more out there than I have seen,
And there's more to me than I have been.
I want to know that my life is real
And feel the things I need to feel,
I want to grow, I want to thrive,
I want to live before I die!
Diana Glen--(1997) ©
