Today, I shall live

We are just here for a little while,

why not laugh, jump and smile.

All day planning about the future,

who knows, maybe we'll die sooner.

Are you sure there's a tomorrow,

what if this is the last day of all the sorrow.

Maybe your time on earth finishes today,

maybe tomorrow you won't exist and will go away.

Your pre-planned life till 80 would be a waste.

All the dishes untouched that you wanted to taste.

'Gone too soon' written near your coffin,

pondering from above, 'my life didn't even begin'.

Always waited for tomorrow.

Now wishing for just one day to borrow.

Thinking, I would have done all the things I loved,

wouldn't have wasted energy on those who judged.

Would kiss my parents and my partner,

for in front of them I was never a stranger.

They knew me inside and out, carried me on their shoulders throughout.

Never made me feel alone in any situation,

to make me achieve my goals, they had more determination.

How can I leave them alone now,

me going miles away, you think they'll allow?

Wanted to be my parents' support,

for them I always wanted to create a fort.

Wanted to be my partner's strength,

didn't even reach half a life span's length.

Didn't live a memorable life, maybe I was too focused to survive.

There's no tomorrow,

now I very well know.

Please give me just 24 hours this time, and in that time I'll surely live a lifetime.