accept life

to choose life is often a misnomer

we can never partially choose life

life is not existence or survival

life is not the motions and movement

life is a celebration of anger and pain

it's the realization that everything changes

it's the unbridled passion of loss and gain

it's falling and getting up and laughing

life is our conscious acts of courage

it's  choice and free will and dance

love is when we share this life

with one we call our soulmate

©paul viel 2004