It isn’t life, but how to live, that you get to choose.
But I can’t shake the feeling that
something to hold onto is something to lose.
I was at a wedding when I heard (too late) the news
that Eliza was married in a hospice bed.
It isn’t life, but how to live, that’s what you get to choose.
But what do you do when all the future feels like a ruse?
Enjoy the moment! they say, but don’t they know that
something worth holding onto is something to lose?
What used to be a trickle of doubt and fear now spews
What used to be an errant fly buzzing is now a constant ringing in my ear:
It isn’t life, but how to live, that’s what you get to choose.
How do you go back when you’ve seen something true?
What if you don’t want anything worth holding, cause
something to hold onto is something to lose?
Nothing works like it used to not the body or the booze.
I can’t shake the feeling – How do I shake this feeling?!
It isn’t life, but how to live, that’s all you can choose.
Something to hold onto is something to lose.
Liz is a New Yorker, a civil rights lawyer, and a writer. She enjoys talking about the heavy things in life, because it makes them a bit lighter.