The Laughing Heart by Charles Bukowski

Your life is your life

don't let it be clubbed into submission.

Be on the watch, there are ways out.

There is light somewhere, 

It may not be much light but it beats the darkness.

Be on the watch, 

the Gods will offer you chances.

Know them, take them.

You can't beat death but

you can beat death in life, sometimes.

The more often you learn to do it,

the more light there will be.

Your life is your life,

know it while you have it.

YOU are marvelous,

the Gods wait to delight in you.

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