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Thirty Days Before I Die?! Here’s How I’d Live.

A “What If” essay I read to the sound of music I composed, played, recorded and mixed (non-professional recording and mixing from my iPad.)

Pedro B. Gorman
17 min readJan 19, 2021

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Click link above to hear my audio narration of this essay.

Okay, my dear readers; today, I have a double whammy for you:

The essay itself, and my narration of it.

A few days ago a friend of mine asked me: “If you only had one month left to live, what would you do?”

I got thinking and wrote this, which I am narrating to you over a mellow instrumental track I composed and recorded to serve as background music; but not just for the sake of background music.

Because music will play a large part in my death — or at least in how I live my last thirty days — you will understand why and how, in reading or listening to the essay.

So, I guess that’s today’s cheery post: my self-indulgent musings — with full knowledge of my numbered…

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Pedro B. Gorman
Pedro B. Gorman

Written by Pedro B. Gorman

Re-writing my life & personal narrative. Top Writer in Music. Fiction writer, poet, musician, spoken-word guy, voice-over/audiobook guy.

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