To the Max

By Patricia Harris

Humanity has been trying
To find the best way
To maximize
Our own way to
Survive…

So often we have
Forgotten about
The idea that
We need to do more
Than just survive.

So we should live
Life to the max,
Always ready to
Ignore the same
Bull that life throws
At us.

* This is the first poem in Human Shaped Verse. The newest volume.