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in #life • 8 years ago

LIFE

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Four dreary letters
Ne'er glory in it
Nor sigh too much 'bout it
A dilemma of sorts, if you ask me
A drama that unfolds each plunge of the day
Taking its toll on young and old, men and women
That withers across like grass in the
Cruel shadows of the African sun
Ne'er make friends out of it
Nor give thine heart to it
The more you see, the less you understand
The more you understand, the more you be confused
Perchance you understand it all
Can you tell all the whys and the whens?
Know ye the beginning of it and its end thereof?
Life is fraught with tales of sense and more nonsense
The blabber of men who claim to know everything
As transient as it is, none may tell all of its business
Which as yet confounds human scholarship
Eludes human wisdom
And sets itself beneath a thick cloud of anxiety and endless possibilities
Possibilities that are free yet chained
High yet so low
Hope driven yet so hollow
So that men can only sit amazed
Enchained by endless imaginations
Which go everywhere but nowhere in truth
Call me mad if you can
But life is madder still
A vomit meet for the sand
Inflicting scars hard to heal
Ye cannot but die twice daily
Rising betimes and roosting downcast
Full of meat for the belly
And ceaseless thoughts the heart to blast
Pray, will it ever end?
Aye, on the last day
Nay, until thy hands rend
And you be chipped off without thine say
Such is life
And if ye die twice daily
And at the least yearly
Then count thine self happy of all men

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     8 years ago 

    This is a beautiful analogy my friend, the poem exposes the core of what life is made of and when I generally look at it, the rhymes, the rhythms and the markdowns style, it's a splendid piece of mastery, well done sir

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       8 years ago 

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         8 years ago (edited)

        Life is what happens once you’re busy creating different plans. rock star

        Very little is required to create a contented life; it's all among yourself, in your manner of thinking. Marcus Annius Verus

        It is higher to be despised for what you're than to be fair-haired for what you're not. Andre Gide

        Dost M love life? Then don't squander time, for that's the things life is created of. author

        Life is like taking part in a bowed stringed instrument publically and learning the instrument joined goes on. prophet pantryman.

        Imformative poem @empato365 thanks

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           8 years ago 

          Bless up dude! May you touch more lives! #KeepOnTheGoodWork

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           8 years ago 

          Awesome poem.
          These words sun it up quite perfectly

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             8 years ago 

            I so much love your choice of words and expression.
            True we all die twice daily.
            Life wears out bothering old and young.

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               8 years ago 

              Serious
              Peaceful
              Inspiring
              Hope

              thanks man
              God bless

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