A Thousand Ways to Stay

There are a thousand ways to be immortal, 

To imprint forever on life.

To be loved beyong your darkest grave,

There are a thousand ways to stay.

In the handwritten notes you write your best friend,

In the origami flowers you make for you partner.

In the people you love with your fullest heart,

To all the people, the kindness you impart.

Your body will die and slowly decay,

But oh, there are a thousand ways to stay.

It'll be in the trees you planted and the people you saved,

If not last night, then at least today.

There are a thousand ways to stay alive,

Even when the world turns gray.

To be chaotic and loud in your happiness, 

To never walk astray.