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What is life? MAG
January 20, 2011
Scientists will tell you
A checklist
An equation
A law
A rule
They will hold the ruler up to your face
and tell you
Indeed, you live
With pretty words like homeostasis
and reproduction
They will attempt to define you
Squeeze your very essence
Into a box made of
Words
Enough, I say
We are resistance
To the oppressive chaos that surrounds us
We are NOT order
We do not fit into a category, we are not dwarf stars or meteors or nebulae
We are life
The only force that attempts to find meaning in an empty vacuum larger than infinity
And we are lonely
© Anonymous
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This article has 2 comments.
Luminary said...
on Aug. 15 2016 at 7:57 am
The poem is beyond amazing. Especially the last paragraph :)
ChobaniLuvinPenguin PLATINUM said...
on Nov. 2 2012 at 1:51 pm
LOVE IT!!!! Definitely one of my favorites on TI! This poem captures so many emotions perfectly! There is anger towards the common definition of life, there is rebellion towards this, and there is sadness that trails on with the line "And we are lonely" (whose lack of punctuation makes it seem infinite). There is also humor/sarcasm, as presented with the lines "They will hold the ruler up to your face and tell you Indeed, you live." I will definitely return to this poem often! I might even print it out and tape it to my wall. (Hope you give me permission to do so!) :) Amazing,amazing job!!!!
