tylereverett Posted May 14, 2014 Share Posted May 14, 2014 Death What is it to die? We're walking on a plane that eventually ends. Falling off the edge is inevitability Yet the plane rests on open space It holds itself up, with no one to analyze its content How strange it is That we may live We want life to be forever Our minds accept the eternality of consciousness But do our minds accept an illusion? Everyone dies except me I am forever But I once wasn't, wasn't I? Then nothing else was before me That is the story I want to hear Yet I do myself no good Pondering on trivialities Nature will go on with or without me. I see its immense cruelty. Its sadistic spin Why make such beauty only to swallow it whole? Yet I wonder if I don't fully understand Perhaps this is how its supposed to be Things can't last forever I am a piece in a puzzle The puzzle is beauty Even if I can't see beyond these jigsaw edges If only i recognize The pedals fall, but before they fall they open And life springs forth I'm alive Though pedals will fall I'm alive 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
owen652 Posted May 15, 2014 Share Posted May 15, 2014 Love it! Especially the line 'everyone dies except me'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FreeThinkerNZ Posted May 15, 2014 Share Posted May 15, 2014 Awesome, nice work. I went to a park today and noticed the sun shining on the last of the autumn leaves (southern hemisphere). It was so beautiful and made me think about the changing seasons, how life starts, flourishes, and ends all within the space of a year. I am glad I have more than one year to go through my cycle. And glad I have consciousness. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xliar Posted May 18, 2014 Share Posted May 18, 2014 Fearsome! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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