I WANT TO LIVE

I WANT TO LIVE. 

I want to live and feel alive

See a crescent moon in diamond sky,

See the daffodils in springtime,

The River running by.

I want to live and feel alive

To see my children now quite grown

Getting on with their lives

Maybe with children of their own.

I want to live and feel alive

To share great love and laughter

To learn to hold my worries in

And worry not what comes after.

I want to live and feel alive

Feel the sand between my toes

To taste the salt sea mist

Feel the sea breeze as it blows.

I want to live and feel alive

Lie in a meadow green and sweet

The sun above to warm me

And flowers at my feet.

I want to live and feel alive

And enjoy some idle days

To be gracious with my friends

And enjoy their winning ways.

I want to live and feel alive

And share another's pain

To stop and listen carefully~

This time will not come again.

I want to live and feel alive

To stand on a mountain and wonder

To see the lightening flash

And hear the rolling thunder.

I want to live and feel alive

Feel the wind blow through my hair

To stand on the ocean shore,

Alive without a care.

I want to live and feel alive

And wish and hope and dream

Knowing that the things I cherish

A part of a bigger scheme.

I want to live and feel alive

And I know that you do too,

Take my hand and walk with me

We'll make this dream come true.

© Linda J. Vaughan

15th. November 2011