I have no idea what I was doing here but I tried to do freewriting after consciously trying to empty my mind of all the things that were getting in the way and out it came before I realise what I was doing…
Why does it take being the meanest at Christmas before you are haunted by three ghosts
Why does it take a disaster at home before you understand the suffering of many others
Why does it take a complete destruction of your data before you think of backups
Why does it take reaching bankruptcy before you finally take money seriously
Why does it take a loss of life before you begin to appreciate the living
Why does it take a second to say hello and an eternity to say goodbye
Why does it take a lifetime of learning before you really understand
Why does it take a bursting of tears before you say your sorry
Why does it take so long for something you need to quickly
Why does it take a loss before you realise what you had
Why does it take a crisis before you think of prevention
Why does it take a cancer before you begin to see life
It takes so long and it takes so much to realise
But time grows shorter through the years
We are human and we make mistakes
We must learn to act not leave it late
We must learn to see and feel
We must think how we live
We must learn to live now
Because the time goes
The days fade away
And less is done
More has gone
Less change
Less hope
Unless
Now
You turn back the clock, open your eyes, feel for the world and empathise
You have it all now, this moment, this life, to experience and do it all, realise
M a k e  y o u r e f f o r t s , y o u r  a c t i o n s ,  a s  l o n g a s t h e y  p o s s i b l y  c a n ,  t o  d o  e v e r y t h i n g ,  e x p e r i e n c e  e v e r y t h i n g ,  h e l p  e v e r y o n e ,  i n d e e d h e l p a n y o n e , a n d i f y o u r u n o u t o f w o r d s t o k e e p y o u r s e l f a n d y o u r a u t o b i o g r a p h y a l i v e , t h e n u s e i m a g i n a t i o n a n d i m p r o v i s e .