Live Not Survive

© Julie Ruffell

Survival
So hollow
Survival
So plain
Survival
So pointless
Survival
So lame

Oh but to live
To experience
To thrive
To live and embrace
To be so alive!

To burn all the masks
To destroy all the lies
To experience the moments
Once so despised

Oh it's a new day
A new month
A new year
A new person
A believed dream
A moment that's real

Discard the empty
Toss out the dark
Take the shackles
And lose them
Take the weight off your heart

One cannot just survive
One has to, must live
There's no point in existence
It you're just getting by
Forget only day to day
Live for your dreams
Experience each happiness
Hold tight every joy
Find your joys not your sorrows
Don't keep pains close by

Live
You've got to
Live
Don't just survive
Live
And experience
Live
Don't let life pass you by