Alive – or Otherwise

I open my eyes

Low and behold, to my surprise

I am alive still

Everyone but me dies and dies

I go into the world

Wearing my clear disguise, chasing highs

I am still alive, man

Looking down from a flying high-rise

Life is good, now ain’t it?

It keeps on ticking – tick, tack… clockwise

I’m alive, I’m not still

I say what is, get words in edgewise

Will it last, this time of mine?

Sunrises, skies with pies, prizes, hi-fis

Am I alive? I am, still…

It drips away, leaving gently, lengthwise

Will it last, this here life?

Tries, cries, spies, lies, flies, guises, snake eyes

I’m… alive… Noooo – I’m still…

On lives my franchise? The light. Full-size.