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This is it
I finally realised
That there is no more
I do not know what came before
Will not see what follows
I shall be gone

And that scares me
For I had everything
And now a third is gone
Almost all was wasted
And I cannot get it back
You only get one chance

Every moment that passes
I waste a little more
Can’t slow the sands
The light is fading into night
And I am no Joshua
The heavens will not pause for me

A handful have left their mark
All else have faded, forgotten
Perhaps they did not even exist
They are as nothing
Beside the immortal few
But I am not gone, not yet

So when you live, rejoice!
Though it might only be for a moment
Perhaps there is more
But I pity the fool that loses that bet
Naïve, but on one thing I am sure
This is it