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Reflection On Life; Warning - Very Long
Topic Started: Mar 25 2008, 02:04 PM (293 Views)
***eboy192
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What is life?
Who are we?
What is it we are meant to be?

In this world,
You and I,
Why can I see you in my eye?

Who brought us to this harsh world
When and where was life unfurled?

When did man rise above all else?
Why do we believe that which we have proven false?

These are the questions I ask myself
When I am sick and when I'm in health

Why do people belong on this earth?
Why is there pain? Why is there mirth?
Were we all sent here for a reason?
Why are there years, why are there seasons?

This is my reflection on life
That which is filled with happiness and strife
That to which we surrender all of our days
Is life a road, or more of a maze?

No one can answer these questions I ask
Wisdom is superficial; intelligence a mask
Ask any of the brightest minds here today
Any of these questions; they wont know what to say.

Maybe they'd give a scientific explanation
That they inferred through sheer concentration,
But those are just guesses waiting to be disproved
Our theories shot down, our perceptions removed.

Some people turn to a higher belief
Some people blindly obey their chief
But others ask questions, open up doors
But each step forward takes us back five more.

Why do we work?
Why do we play?
Couldn't we all just get killed off one day?

Why keep going?
Obsessed with knowing?
When each day we find something new growing?

Is it cause we must?
Or is it just
the fact that we live most of our lives without truly knowing?

In my opinion I think we are here
To learn how to live, to face our fears.
And I don't believe it matters that much
whether we know everything and such..

because some things you must
accept as unsolvable
some questions are just
truly unanswerable

like where we find love?
What causes us to
Have someone to think of
Something to hold on to
When we need a hand
A hug, a heart
And then why some are bland
and others cruel at heart.

What do we know?
In essence, nothing.
What do we need?
In essence, nothing.
What do we see?
In essence, nothing.
What do we feel?
In essence, everything

What is the point of this poem, you ask?
If I go by my theories, it is pointless.
I write it because I think society is a mask.
And all these debates are truly quite hopeless.

Live your life.
See your sights.
Sharpen your senses.
Sleep your nights.

And above all
life life to its fullest.
Don't waste your day
Seeing who is the dullest.

Squabbles, arguments, anger to boot
Its all well and good till someone starts to shoot.
Don't just imagine things...go out and see them!
In its simplest form, CARPE DIEM!
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Very good. Lots of questions. I liked it! :D

Don't think it quite has the record for the longest one on here though... lol

8.5/10

~ ChipChamp
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***eboy192
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haha its still pretty long IMO
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Wow...I would have my breath taken away by this poem if the sea had not stolen it first. amazin conclusion.
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Fricken amazing dude!!!!!!!!!!! Capre diem. Nice. Wonderful imagery and I knew exactly what you meant.
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