I Chose to Live

In the end all saw his wisdom so they say
Of renunciation acceptance of fate
Will I have wisdom someone can see someday?
I reach for it hoping it is not too late
I may never get it but at least I tried
And I hope they see I lived before I died

My son my Golden Bear at Cal makes me proud
As does my other son still in high school now
The sort of pride which is quiet never loud
Yet which warms me from the inside out somehow
I may never be wise but at least I tried
And I hope they see I lived before I died

As for my daughter she is ashamed of me
Although I am just as proud of her as those
Who are proud of me and unashamed to be
The children of a father they never chose
She may never understand me but I tried
And she knows I chose to live before I died

+Steven Curtis Lance



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