on overcoming existential dread

what comes first to mind
(that’s how we make things real,
right?) is how dread is a
liminal state. you are
born, that much is certain;
you will inevitably
die. what to do with these
moments between? next
that YouAreHere, no matter
the reason, so might
as well make the best
of things. life is good
for a few laughs, at least,
per the absurdists,
philosophically (you must
at some point make the leap
). at the top of the peak,
before the boulder rolls
back down, you real-ize