YOLO, a 4 letter word that stands for so much more, <br /> <br />a term that kicks down fear's deadbolted, padlock halted, barricaded front door, <br /> <br />a phrase that has been uttered more times in an absence of thought than sick, sweet, cool, chill, dope and whatever put together, <br /> <br />where you pit yourself against your friends to see who can do whatever 'it' is better, <br /> <br />and even if you failed horribly.....you tried and thats all that matters, <br /> <br />sure you broke your leg,6 fingers and left youre insides tattered, but you tried, <br /> <br />and while YOLO lives on, you nearly died, <br /> <br />but lived at the same time for the mear fact that you survived, <br /> <br />forever cements your legacy to those who have witnesses with their own eyes, <br /> <br />death is seen as nothing more than a shadow that follows you, <br /> <br />as you make your way through life, <br /> <br />for with all the things to fear in life, <br /> <br />your only fear is time, <br /> <br />YOLO is not 'You Only Live Once'... <br /> <br />it is the drunken dorm student who in a running stumble backflips off a roof to a pool near by, <br /> <br />it is the risk takers and world record breakers where 'I just wanted to do it' was their own reason why, <br /> <br />Y-O-L-O, to that some may say hell no, but to others it is an experience worth living, <br /> <br />because when your broken down and fragile, <br /> <br />feeble and rarely feeling agile, <br /> <br />it is the stories of past glories you pass on to your grandchildren, <br /> <br />YOLO, the highschool students in mid-party wearing their Nautica, Hilfiger, and Polo, <br /> <br />YOLO, chasing every impossibility even if your riding solo, <br /> <br />YOLO, a cannonball over lines drawn while those fearing mearly tiptoe, <br /> <br />so.... <br /> <br />dream a silly dream, and while the world may mock and say no, <br /> <br />charge back at the world as if a bull declaring, 'YOLO'.<br /><br />Stephen Mateus<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/yolo-3/
