Resolve Poem by Christine K. Trease

I want to live each moment as if I were my last
I want to cherish each experience I have
I want to cry earnestly for the world's iniquities
I want to laugh heartily in the face of adversity
I want to feast from the tree of knowledge with gorging might
I want to suck the marrow from the youthful bones of life
for I intend to live fully and deliberately to the end of my days
with muse of heart and resolve that only an enlightened life portrays