Make Up Your Mind to Live or Die: Poems of Love and Sorrow resulting from Lost Love and Lost Health

Make Up Your Mind to Live or Die is a collection of poems describing the author's journey from illness to love with new health concerns and lost love. Poetry exclaiming his love for a woman, and regrettably, poetry is lamenting the loss of their love.

The verses start optimistic, gay, and hopeful when any two people intermingle their lives. They celebrate holidays, birthdays, and vacations together. Their love and affection are evident in the poetry.

The author's journey changes drastically with the author's health deteriorating swiftly, and the two lovers split and break apart their shared love-grief and sorrow manifest. There is plenty of sadness involving the author's mental health, physical health, and lost love. The author struggles, and he bargains to make the best of the situation. The poetry at the end of the book looks to the bright side of the problem, and the author envisions a new start to his life journey.

The book of poems ends with the author waiting for medical procedures to learn why he cannot breathe. Is it his heart?