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Epitaph.

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If someone wrote your epitaph
In advance of when you die
Would you take the truth of you
Or would you take the lie?
Would you want the words
To elevate the speaker
To remind them all to live
The listener and the reader.
Would the truth of how you lived
Raise the bar for all
Would it reach inside their heart
With a moving clarion call?
Is every day you live on earth
A chance to love and grow
Is every moment learning
And being in the flow?
Or did you make decisions
Based on fear or need
How many of your choices
Were purely based on greed.
If your soul exposed itself
To those you love right now
Would you be scared of their reaction
Would it kill your sacred cow?
How many people know you
Of those that you call friend
How many people understand
Your beginning and your end?
Do you tell your loved ones
In your words and in your deeds
Exactly how you feel
For them not just your needs?
So, if someone wrote your epitaph
In advance of when you die
Would you change a thing in it
Or would you let it fly?
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Soul-Daemon's avatar
thought provoking