To the gallows, my soul

Ever walked down a road feeling you've crossed it before?
Life's something like that.
We're all living our lives right now, cribbing about our future, worrying about our past and just plain pissed about our present.

But have you ever wondered how your life's eventually gonna turn out? No? Well, good; because you can't. Think about it. You're 85 for a moment, sitting on a lazychair and looking out at the setting sun.
Would you remember that you almost cried when you flunked an internal assignment paper?
Would you know that the class loner whom you labeled to be a weirdo committed suicide 'cause he couldn't find a way to publish his beautiful paintings.
Would you know that the street urchin you taught a few words in English out of plain sympathy is the head of an BPO corp. today?
Would you ever realize that the teacher who inspired you the most to be the man that you are today, died wretched and lonely in an old age home, writhing on a bed for she couldn't pay for her treatment?
Would you know that the pretty girl you offered a lift on that rainy evening would be the one beside whom you'd spend the rest of your life?
Would you know that the surgeon who saved your mother's life is the daughter of the man you'd refused an educational loan?
Would you know that the only friend you've ever had spent the entire last night waiting for you to call?
Would you know that the old watchman you'd befriended on a long wait for your parents was the one who'd pay the fine when you first jumped a signal?
Would you believe that some young girl somewhere still hums the song you penned for your college band?
Would you wonder as to how you ended up being an investment banker when all you ever wanted to be was an astrophysicist?
Would you still get an overwhelming high every time your eyes turned towards the stars?
Would you remember that you almost killed someone on your first after-binge drive?
Would you believe that your poems can warm a million hearts everyday?
Would you know that you've lived out your entire life busy making other plans?

You can't plan your life. Nor can you decipher it. Or understand it.
There's just one thing that you can do with your life.

Live it.