Behind the movies scenes, behind the protagonist's smiles, <br />Beneath the orchestra's strings, back of the ticket booths, <br />There is a message found in all of this; <br />That this is the now, and you are here alive, <br />As alive as anything that ever lived, <br />Furthermore, this is not a dream; <br />Though if it were, it would be the most wonderful dream imaginable, <br />Even though it's impossibly, unbelievably true, <br />And you want to keep on having it- <br />This dream- for as long as you can, <br />Because being alive is such a splendid <br />Once-in-a-lifetime, first-run, no-repeat event; <br />It's worth everything it has ever cost you or anybody else, <br />Because you're now one of the wealthiest creatures on the planet- <br />In all your improbable aliveness.<br /><br />Patti Masterman<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/i-am-that-2/
