I Will Not Die an Unlived Life

I Will Not Die an Unlived Life

I will not die an unlived life.
I will not live in fear of falling or catching fire.
I choose to inhabit my days, to allow my living to open me,
to make me less afraid, more accessible, to loosen my heart until it becomes a wing, a torch, a promise.
I choose to risk my significance; to live so that which comes to me
as seed goes to the next as blossom and that which comes to me as blossom, goes on as fruit.
- Dawna Markova