Monday, December 29, 2008
The Last Cigarette
Life is like a packet of cigarettes
So caught up with the mundanity of living
And harassed by life's petty problems
We forget to see its pleasurable side
Until we come to the very last stick
Which is then cherished, till it burns a finger.
Another packet is easily bought tomorrow,
But life is not so easy to purchase,
Once spent.
I came across this quite old local book, Broken Mirror, while I was browsing through the shelfs of BizIT library. It's a compilation of true stories about drug abuse. Heart-breaking, yet inspiring. It sort of moved me. It is somewhat different from A Million Little Pieces in the sense that the stories are written by local Singaporeans, and I can really relate to it. It's so close to home. This touching memoir of ex-drug addicts as well as drug addicts serving their death sentences kind of opened up my eyes even more; that life shouldn't be wasted just like that. Choices. Life is so full of choices. We just have to be responsible in choosing how we want the endings of our story to be. So.. How do you want your story to end?
Note To Self:
the greatest gift, you have -- your family
reminisced;
- 9:57 PM
