Laughing Heart by Bukowski

Your life is your life/ don’t let it be clubbed into dank submission./ be on the watch./ there are ways out./ there is a 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./ and the more often you learn to do it,/ the more light there will be./ your life is your life./ know it