How scary is life?

Yesterday I had come face to face with the mortality of my father. He was involved in a terrible car accident. Though he is hospitalized and well on the way to recovery...the incident has clearly made an impression on my heart.

How scary is life?

When you're faced with the end.

Confronted by demons

Devoid friends.

 

How scary is life?

When the dark angel comes to call,

Who will be there to catch,

Your loved ones when they fall?

 

How scary is life?

The life unlived.

Floating on uncertainty

Never one to forgive.

 

How scary is life?

The dreams unfulfilled

Put off for another day

Never to be rebuilt.

 

How scary is life?

As you watch your own end

Barreling down the darkness

Tumbling end over end.

 

How scary now is life?

 

Have you learned nothing at all?

 

Stand up.

 

Back Straight.

 

Now…

 

Walk

 

Tall.

 

Stop being so afraid.

Live your life.

God has given you another chance

Don’t let this one slip by.

 

Live life to the fullest

My father, my heart

Reach for your dreams

Don’t ever stop.

 

 

Author's Note

Please understand that this is raw. Yes, that really is my father's truck in the photo with this poem.
I love you, Dad! I thank God every minute that you survived this. Merry Christmas everyone! I just received the greatest Christmas present ever...the life of my Dad.

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[Glen Yumang Manese]

REALITY HITS YOU WHEN YOU LEAST EXPECT IT...AND THE TRAGEDY OF YOUR FATHER WAKEN THIS VERSE TO FULL LIGHT...DO NOT WASTE TIME...AND ENJOY THE MOMENTS AND DO WHAT YOU WANT TO BEFORE ITS ALL OVER...GLAD THAT THE END RESULT IS A GOOD ONE FOR YOUR DAD...