I want to live

To achieve big impressive goals

to leave a legacy

to meet society’s expectations

to go to far away places

No, I don’t want to live for all that

I want to live

To spend only one day with a stranger

in a forgotten place

and still remember every moment of it after a year

I want to live

To reach something seemingly so unimportant

And clap my hands with excitement

like a child

I want to live

to be touched unexpectedly

And cry and smile at the same time

To love unconditionally

without sharing the same blood

To be longing

so much that time seems to have stopped

To do the things I’ve always wanted to do

without feeling it’s too late

I want to live

I want to live these moments

And just feel alive

17 November 2024, Amsterdam