Live Like Dyin'
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Title: Live Like Dyin
Author: Silent Poet
It seems like it was nay so verra long ago tha' I was nearly killed in winnin' me love, Cat's freedom from her faither Twas when I received this Heartstone
taps the stone in center of his chest which pulses with a steady beat Nay too long ago, Tai asked me what did it feel like ta' be so close ta' death
So, o' course, I wrote a song aboot it
I was in me early forties wi' a lot o' life afore me when a moment came tha' stopped me on tha' line and I spent most of the next days lookin' at a lot different healers Talkin' aboot me options an' talkin' aboot sweet time It was then tha it sank in tha' this might really be tha' real end Tai asked hae does it hit ye when ye get tha' kind o' news
an' I said I went pub crawlin' I went Umbra mountain I went 2.7 seconds in a duel wi' Vaen Swiftar an' I loved deeper an' I spoke sweeter an' I gave forgiveness I hae been denyin' an' I said, "someday I hope ye get tha' chance Ta' live like ye were dyin'
I was finally the papa bear tha' most tha' time I wasna an' I became a friend a friend would like ta' hae an' all tha' sudden goin' shoppin' wasna such an imposition an' I went three times tha' month Cat was mad well I finally read tha' good book "What Would Poet Do?" an' I took a good long hard look at wha' I would do if I could do it all again
an' then I went Molly tauntin'