Will I Live Forever? (1/28/96)

i think that the reason
that people believe in
Christanity (of whatever flavor)
is that they are
scared to death of death.

for me, death is no worries.
i've often thought that
i shouldn't have been born.
at first, this was a painful thing.

why am i here?
who in the fuck had the gall
to put my homely ass on this earth?
(well, ok, it was my Mom and Dad,
but even before i could articulate that
question or knew where kids came from,
i had the question.)
what did i do so wrong to deserve this?

after awhile, i came to believe
that this life of mine
was an incredible mistake.
my parents wanted me and all that.
just i didn't care to be here.

compared to apathy, death holds no fear.
death can't be worse than not wanting to be.
as i grew up, i realized that life wasn't so bad
and in time, i realized that life might be tolerable.

in fact, the thing that keeps me going now
is that i will not leave this life voluntarily.
and when i realized i controlled my own life,
by having the eject button under my finger
and by choosing not to press it,
my attitude began to change.
life got better still.

life got a whole lot better when
i changed my attitude about change...
and luckily enough, there are still
no worries about death,
so i don't care if there's a heaven or hell or nothing or
another life or it's just turtles all the way down --
i'll find out soon enough.

it's still a mistake that i'm here.
but, hey, might as well enjoy it.
and if tomorrow i face God,
and he's/she's pissed at me,
i chose.
i decided.

and if tomorrow i face a person
and he's/she's pissed at me,
i chose.
i decided.


tom loos