I want to live

To achieve big impressive goals

to leave a legacy

to meet society’s expectations

to go to far away places

No, I don’t want to live for all that

I want to live

To spend only one day with a stranger

in a forgotten place

and still remember every moment of it after a year

I want to live

To reach something seemingly so unimportant

And clap my hands with excitement

like a child

I want to live

to be touched unexpectedly

And cry and smile at the same time

I want to live

to love unconditionally

without sharing the same blood

I want to live

to be longing

so much that time seems to have stopped

I want to live

to do the things I’ve always wanted to do

without feeling it’s too late

I want to live

I want to live these moments

And just feel alive

17 November 2024, Amsterdam