a love to live for

in the end, there is a person you'd walk through hell for 
because you know the fire is worth it. 
but death is so common now, don't you think? 
teenagers die every day to their own self-destruction, 
the forgotten laid to rot in the gutters, 
soldiers marching into war still believing in glory. 

i would die for you, someone tells me, and I hold their hands and say no. 
no, don't die for me. there is too much to die for already. 
will you live for me? 

death is easy, death is quick, 
but living is long and arduous and painful. 
i don't mind, though. not if you're in it. 
not if life comes with these stars.