Tick Tock

Almost everyone will grow older.

No one escapes the ticking of time.

Those who don't live long

Their tick will never be able to tock.

They are put on a pedestal

because

they had youth and beauty on their side

when they evaporated.

Their memory

remains

frozen.

For those who live to an old age;

they had the opportunity

to

tock.

But that tock is no guarantee

because eventually it will be taken away.

Which is better?

To burn very brightly

with only a tick?

Or to tock

and

live a long life

where you hope

people will remember you

and

come to your funeral.

To burn a normal life

but to burn bright,

but only for the end of their lives long lives.

Which is more

valuable?

~~~~~

Stephie Pahlavi Zan