It starts with a doctor's appointment- nothing bizarre, just something routine. 

And then they walk in 

and there's this look

and you know,

you know

something

is wrong.

It begins with another doctor's appointment-

something odd, a new routine.

And you close your eyes

and you wake up

and you live,

you live,

because

you're

going

to

die.

And you find a smile spreads like a disease-

if you smile, they smile.

And if you laugh, they laugh

and so you laugh

and you're happy

you're happy,

so it doesn't

hit until it

happens.

Life is like a box of chocolates-

you can focus on the bad pieces,

or you can focus on the good.

And it makes it so much easier

and so much more fun

and so worth it

if you focus

on the

good,

And

"You don't have to find out you're dying to start living."

So live, because if those 

with lives cut short

can laugh

and smile

and live

then so can you.