Charles Bukowski
Laughing Heart
your life is your life
don't let it be clubbed into dank submission.
be on the watch.
there are ways out.
there is light somewhere.
it may not be much light but
it beats the darkness.
be on the watch.
the aunties will offer you chances.
know them.
take them.
you can’t beat death but
you can beat death in life, sometimes.
and the more often you learn to do it,
the more light therе will be.
your life is your life.
know it whilе you have it.
you are marvelous
the ancestors wait to delight
in you.