--- title: I Want to Live date: 2008-06-05T06:08:39Z modified: 2008-06-05T06:08:39Z permalink: "https://www.poetryoflife.com/i-want-to-live/" type: post status: publish excerpt: "" wpid: 216 categories: - Life Poems author: Praveen Kumar timestamp: 2008-06-05T06:08:39Z tags: - Life Poems --- This can either be taken as a continuation of the other poem ([i want to die](https://www.poetryoflife.com/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/post/i-want-to-die.md)) or can be taken as a standalone poem. —————————————————————————————————————————- with the blood slowly trickling away i waited for the countdown to end i waited for the final [bell](https://www.poetryoflife.com/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/post/for-whom-the-bell-tolls.md) to ring for the eternal escape a wretched life i once lived [a life](https://www.poetryoflife.com/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/post/a-life.md) that no one should have a life that is not my choice a life that is not my choice yet i played the lead role in it a role that was played to perfection from my end now at a time when the final curtain is very close to being drawn i want to rewrite the whole story once again a story that is full of happiness a story that is so full of joy a story that i only lived in my dreams a [dream](https://www.poetryoflife.com/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/post/its-just-like-a-dream.md) that i want to make a reality a reality of a [dream](https://www.poetryoflife.com/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/post/dream-weaver.md) coming true a story, once re-enacted will fulfill my desires will fulfill my [destiny](https://www.poetryoflife.com/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/post/dancing-with-destiny.md) a story that i so desperately want to [write](https://www.poetryoflife.com/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/post/a-reason-to-write.md) will now remain uncompleted the countdown has already begun the countdown from [life to death](https://www.poetryoflife.com/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/post/life-and-death.md) with the blood slowly trickling away and the story still uncomplete and the clock slowly [ticking away](https://www.poetryoflife.com/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/post/as-time-ticks-away.md) i want to live i want to live, once again i want to live, once again to rewrite the story the story that is my life! —————————————————————————————————————————-