Life Is Short

Life is short
We are born
Then we live
Then we die

Life is long

Unpleasant minutes
Feel like hours
And then repeat

How can days

Which are so long
Make up life
Which is so short

I wouldn’t mind

If life was really short
But really good

Too bad no one asked me

My preference
If they did
I would have told them

I feel about life

The way I feel
About chocolate and wine

I would trade

Quantity for quality
In a second

I have little use for

Boxes of Russell Stover
Cases of Beringer

Just want a bit
Of the good stuff

A taste of what’s important

A bit of what matters most

These are the things

That make a short life good
A long life good enough