Living in a Poem

While reading this poem by Jason Shinder about "living" I could not stop thinking about death. Through out this poem Shinder uses syntax that suggests death is upon his mother. Phrases such as "two words the living have for gratefulness," and "what it means to be alive long enough " are scattered throughout the poem directing the reading closer and closer to the conclusion that Shinder's mother is going to die. I found it ironic that the title of this poem is call Living, while the contents has to deal with a dying loved one. However it opened my eyes to the concept that when we are about to die all we have now is to be thankful for the life u lived and that the end is soon to come.