Meaning Of Life Poem by Joanna Pavlides

To bear the gift of life and to keep the light alive
To taste the fruit off every tree that bends my way
To walk through every door that is open even if only ajar
And grab and grasp and snatch a little piece of paradise

To close my eyes, to hold my breath
Being in excitement or at times in fear
To keep up the pace and not to retreat
Into darkness, but brace once again the given steer

To chase horizon through fermented waters
To smell the sweet smell of all earth's saints
To have the sails propelled with my heart's madness
To fully embrace the meaning of this life

I dare at once