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Life?

May 23, 2011
By Anonymous

Life
Life?
What is life?
Life
Are we really even sure?
Life?
Do we know what it is?
Life- I live cry laugh.
Is this what life is?
I live to laugh to laugh to live.

Where am I? Can I find my way back?
It’s black.
Why can’t I wake up?
Very silent,
Those silent tears I cry are my death panel,

Above and beyond, the light of the second life.
I move like a bird-
So vast, so quiet.
Without a peep I enter the second life.
I see my grandfather who had passed before, still wearing his favorite sweater.

I enter the gate of Heaven.
I roam the world.
I roam the streets,
Quietly in my own little world.


The author's comments:
When i wrote this Poem it made me think of how short life can be. If you don't let yourself know this then you can never get anywhere in life. This poem made me feel emotional because it talks about how death can be scary and how you don't even know it happens.

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on Dec. 18 2013 at 10:59 pm
It's Ben. This is a great poem. Keep doing what you love to do :D

on Feb. 27 2012 at 7:26 pm
IamtheshyStargirl PLATINUM, Lothlorien, Utah
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Favorite Quote:
Boredom instigates extreme creativity.
~Amoniel

"Bowing gratefully to all of my subjects, 'thank you. Thank you. The pleasure is mine." Nah, I'm just kidding. We're all kings together.'"
~Thesilentraven

I think the beginning could use something a little more, but this poem gets really good as it progresses :)

Thanks so much for sharing this, and keep up the good work, I look forward to reading more of your poetry :)