CIRCUMVENT MY GREATEST FEARS

My life is over half-way through
This somber thought was overdue
I think of things I would undo
All my mistakes and my miscues

Words I've said and words unsaid and
Times that I withdrew
From the ones I love the most
My feelings I subdued

Of the things I value most
There's nothing that I own
Circumvent my greatest fears
To live and die alone

And if I live to 99
My life is still half-way through
So many things I've left to do
I'll focus on the vital few

I'll create and lose some weight and
Adulate with zeal
All the ones I love the most
They'll know just how I feel

Of the things I value most
There's nothing that I own
Circumvent my greatest fears
To live and die alone

--May 2020, Ash Hall