Give me a reason

I know thousand reasons to die.
But if you tell me one I’ll live.
Say you’d stay and grow old with me.
“No death will do us part”; believe.
The gods themselves we would defy.

I know thousand reasons to die.
Close your eyes and hold my frail hands.
Avoid writing an elegy.
Love me let’s conquer all these lands.
The gods themselves we would defy

I know thousand reasons to die.
Say the word and I’ll change my mind.
The stars know I’ve waited long.
So long I watched infants grow blind.
The gods themselves we would defy.

I know thousand reasons to die.
But all you did was add one more.
Telling me how love had killed you.
Burying your soul beneath earth’s core
The gods themselves we would defy.

Younglan Louis