May you live in interesting times

a quatern

 

– for the wild joy of having lived

is a greater blessing than most

(if only we would believe it).

I want to think this could be true,

 

that divinity flows, purely

for the wild joy of having lived,

with no other purpose but to

share the grace of imperfection.

 

come the end of my days I know

I would give almost anything

for the wild joy of having lived –

in retrospect, that’s all there is.

 

and so, my friend, I ask you this –

even after eternity,

will you laugh with me, if only

for the wild joy of having lived?