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The Road of Life

April 24, 2022
By RyanYoo BRONZE, Berkeley, California
RyanYoo BRONZE, Berkeley, California
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Shambling along The Road of Life,
one man stands.
Aiming for Leningrad,
he asks “Why?”
Chaos assumes control

Everytime he dares to show his orbs,
the Demigod of Chaos shuts them down.
On his last attempt,
Soahc reminds the man
of his intrinsic existence.


The author's comments:

This poem is about the intrinsic balance between order and chaos. In the first stanza, the syllables are 8,3,6,3,6 and the word count is all the 3 except for the first line; the imperfect internal pattern expresses a sense of chaos woven into the order. In the second stanza, the first two lines, which comprise one sentence, are both seven words. The last three lines, which also comprise a sentence, are both four words. However, the syllables are completely random, expressing the increasing chaos. In addition, "The Road of Life" has two meanings; one is the figurative definition that signifies a journey and the other is a WWII Soviet Union supply line. It is meant to show that this is during a war where the balance between chaos and order is broken. That is why in the end, chaos reminds the man that it is intrinsic. I use the demigod ofcChaos and spell it backwards as its name to provide another natural connection between humans and chaos. Basically, this poem is criticizing wars; I was inspired to write this poem by the current Russo-Ukrainian War. I wanted deliver a message to people that war is never the solution and that chaos will completely control us if we let ourselves commit to such things.


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