One More, One Less Poem by Danny The Dreamer Boyd

One more, one less; and yes I should rejoice,
Although I'm not at ease with one decrease;
But life has not left me a better choice:
Than faking smiles to seem to be at peace!
One more, one less; I wish I could recall;
Yet all the echoes sound to've gone afar!
One more, one less; and time doth me appall:
All sweet and sour do seem, alas, to mar!
I know I should be happy, yet but how?
I've always measured life by things to give;
And even if I'm in the here and now:
I sadly still have one less year to live!
One more, one less, one closer step to gray:
I hope it's over soon, this birth damned day!