Life is short, live it in this moment

Do not look for tomorrow or beyond,

For promises and newer beginnings.

Open your palms and let it all go

Give your wings a fuel to the skies to soar.

There may be many morrows and many promises

But there is none like what you have just now.

Live it this instant and live it right now

Do not let anyone say, “No, not now!”

Life is short, let others remain spectators

While you act out your desires and live all your dreams

Do not tarry till too long

And do not let anyone say that you should not

As by the morrow the dreams may shrivel up into regrets.

Many ships will pass by in the night

And stop to say why you should not

Or tell you to focus and become perfect

At one task that they stipulate while they sail away.

Life is short; there is no time to be lost

No petty indifferences as big as they may seem

Nor slights concocted in an idle brain

Should hamper the flight that you are on

Stop a minute and say, “I am for better things!”

Smile at them, be kind and benevolent

For you do not know what battles they fight.

But stop right there and do not get dragged in

For you have your life to live my friend!

Life is short; don’t let any chain fetter you,

Nor any bondage weigh you down

For the chains will rust

And the bondages will transform

But you, my dear, will remain as you are.

It is alright to live a life that others do not understand.

It is, after all, yours to live!

If they put words of duty and society

Or mountains of ego on your path

Smile at them and step aside

For they never seem to have understood what they want,

Nor lived a minute for what they believed.

Life is short my friend

Live it like there is no tomorrow

Act out your desires and live all your dreams

And if there is a tomorrow, you can find more dreams to fulfill.