Today is my 16th

Today is my 16th birthday
and I woke up in a coffin.
I will remain 16 for as long as I say
in this dark coffin.
It’s not so bad I guess,
I have taken more breaths than those
who lost theirs.
With each breath I took,
someone else took their last.
Today I have lived longer than most.
Seen more than many.
Some people have seen more than I
and know more than I.
I am 16 today,
some don’t make it past 5,
some don’t make it when they enter this world.
Some I know already are in their coffins.
Someone takes a breath,
someone else loses their.
It’s crazy to think that soon,
that will be you.
Doesn’t matter how,
Doesn’t matter when,
Doesn’t matter who you're with.
It all happens,
someone takes our last breath with them.
We take the breaths of those who have fallen,
we take the skies that they once saw with their eyes.
We took everything that they once had.
Today I am 16,
I woke up in my bed breathing.
I woke up to smiles and hugs.
I woke up and took another breath,
that someone else has lost.
Today, I am 16,
And I have lived longer than many.