On a hot summer day

With the shadows of trees

Making pretty dappled patterns

On a dusty road

Life almost seems a blessing,

Despite its trials,

A chance like none other

That i would brave

Just to see what it has to offer.

Even its sorrows

Are merely

The gift of experience that

Without a life

I would have no chance of knowing

Yes, 

If given a choice

Between this life of heady ups and 

Breathtaking downs

And a bland heaven

I would choose it,

This uncertain life

But only on a hot summer day

When the sun

Threatens to burn the 

Hair off of my skin