“I Will Not Live an Unlived Life” – by Dawna Markova

I will not die an unlived life
I will not live in fear of falling or catching fire
I choose to inhabit my days.
To allow my living to open me, make me less afraid, more accessible, to
loosen my heart until it becomes a wing, a torch, a promise.
I choose to risk my significance.
To live my life in such a way, so that which comes to me as a seed goes
to the next as a blossom and that which comes to me as a blossom goes
to the next as fruit.