Ruler

A poem about how you measure your life

How will you measure your life?

In smiles In dollars In hours lived In the number of times you did the hard thing and came out alive

In kisses In laughs In bottles drank In the days you couldn’t get out of bed and still did

In smells In hugs In countries traveled In the people you lost but still care about

In tears In friends In meals shared In the energy you gave to helping and loving

In conversations In family In memories created In the work you are inspired to do

In words In pictures In jokes told In the people you surrounded yourself with until the end

In changes In movie moments In lives touched In whatever you want it to be