We Live, a Poem by Jason Greiner

We Live

by Jason Greiner

We live within routine

Straying only when by force

Then reluctantly we walk

On paths fresh and new

But let one split second tear

And rip at our souls

To open our closed eyes

To an illuminating new truth

Death is death 

And blood is blood

Which both in time will come

Taking hold of all

So before life fades

We mustn't hesitate

To truly come to live

To see, to laugh, to love

Before our frailty does show through  

Jason Greiner is an American poet from Pittsburgh, PA. He is the author of two poetry books, "Wishing Wells: The Poetry of Love, Emotion and the World We Alive In" (2006) and "Shadows and Shade: A Collection of Poetry and Images" (2009) from which this work is taken.

"Shadows and Shade" link - http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/shadows-and-shade-jason-greiner/1017220870?ean=9781440152153&itm=1&usri=jason+greiner