Cherish Every Moment


If I had a million nights
If I had a million days
Would I cherish every moment,
Or waste the time away?

Would I dream dreams so deeply?
Would I feel feelings so great?
Would I be thankful for my time,
Or spend it consumed with hate?

Would I forget to live,
Only to remember on my final day?
Would my final thoughts be
Of how I wasted life away?

Would I live life blindly?
Stumbling with closed eyes
Only to open them
With the cry of my final good-byes

If the nights were never-ending
But longer were the days
Would I live each day thoughtlessly,
As if I was here to stay?

If I had a million moments
To spend a million ways,
I'd cherish every moment
As I do today

© Kimberly Dawn McInerney

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