Life Needs No Motive

The reason we try to gift life a meaning Is for our own human And selfish ways I've heard so many reasons for life At my ripe old age: To love To live To laugh To give But no one tells you the true reason Behind every meaning you allot Is this reason to find, and assign Your own meaning to the life you got If this remnant of humanity remains true Then my motive My selfish thought My glimpse of humanity Is to create a reason for those I care about To mourn me