Staying Alive. Poem by Fay Slimm

Much more than breathing is staying alive
And it is vital to understand why.
Alive is vibrancy, sparkle and fun.
A love of real beauty where passion thrives.
We need never put on the coat of age.
Our heart, unclad by frustrated resentful
Hurt, will then wing to paradise, where eye
Has not seen nor ear heard of 'old', the pages
Of life's book do not contain that word. Become
Ageless, and all that is ever required
Is state of existing in Now, not done
The counting of years, but formost desired
Are dynamic forces pulsing right through
Youthful hearts. Staying alive, is it for you?