What Is Life? What Is Death? |
What is Life? |
Joyous Nothingness Celebration of Life |
FOR THE HEART: IT MAY BE "A TWINGE OF A TWANG"
"A CLING OR A CLANG"
A STAB OR A THROB"
FOR THE SELF: IT MAY BE "A PSYCHOLOGICAL MOOD
OR A SPIRITUA L FOOD"
"A SUDDEN FEVER THAT TAKES OVER
OR AN SOS SIGNAL THAT THE EGO MIGHT DISAPPEAR"
FOR THE EXISTENCE: IT MAY BE " A WOUND IN BEING'S HEART
FROM WHICH YOU NEVER RECOVER
OR THE NATURE'S MYSTERIOUS WAY
FOR TWO BEINGS TO BEGIN TO DISCOVER"
FOR THE LOVERS: IT MAY BE
"WHERE THE MYSTERY OF THEIR BEING IS HIDDEN
OR THE SAVORING OF AN ECSTATIC EXPERIENCE
WHICH IS NO MORE FORBIDDEN"
FOR THE LIFE: IT MAY BE
"A UNISON OF TWO SOULS WHO WILL BE EQUAL PARTNERS
IN LIFE'S SORROWS, JOYS AND FIGHTS
OR A REMINDER NOT TO GET ATTACHED TO ANYTHING MATERIAL
WHILE TAKING IN EVERYONE OF WORLD'S DELIGHTS"
AN ABSOLUTE TERMINATION
OR LIFE REACHING ITS CULMINATION
THE END OF ALL AWARENESS
OR THE OPENING OF A NEW VISTA AWAITED IN EAGERNESS
LOVE'S IRRECONCILABLE OPPOSITE AND SET POLES' APART
OR THE OTHER ESSENTIAL WHEEL OF LIFE'S CART
AN EVENT GREATLY FEARED AND IGNORED
OR THE FULFILLMENT OF LIFE AND BE ADORED
THE SHOCKING EXPERIENCE OF ONE'S FINITUDE
OR THE SAVORING OF AN ECSTATIC MOMENT OF INFINITUDE
THE ABSOLUTE FINALITY WITHO
UT AN ESCAPE
OR THE FINAL MOMENT WHERE LIFE'S CHALLENGE IS MET FACE TO FACE
A BLOW TO SELF-ESTEEM
OR EFFACING OF EVERY FUTURE DREAM
A MERE REACTION OF DISTRESS OR ANGER
OR BEING ENCOMPASSED BY LANGUID DEPRESSION OR LAGUOUR
A SEETHING HATRED TOWARD THE REJECTOR
OR INTERNALIZING OF LOATHING BY THE DEJECTOR
A GENUINE IMPULSE TO HIT BACK
OR GENTLY SUFFERING BECAUSE LIFE IS OFF TRACK
A NOSTALGIC REMINISCENCE OF ROMANTIC DAYS
OR SELF-ABHORANCE OF OBSTINATE WAYS
A SAVORING OF INTENSE PASSIONS OF THE PAST
OR REMORSEFUL INDULGENCE IN GUILT WHICH ONE HOLDS FAST
A LOVE PHYSICALLY OVER AND YET EMOTIONALLY ALIVE
OR LETTING THIS LOST LOVE'S DISTRESS TO THRIVE
Two beings isolated by nothingness
A physical separation
An uncanny situation
An imaginary aberration
A mental creation
Then with a startling flash
Without doubt or mental clash
Cognition of one's other self
Self's unison with th
e self
Insight struck that this is the one
Realization that I and you are spiritually one
Two equals in a temporal companionship
A model for eternal relationship
Darkness and light
Blended in a rainbow
Two rivers of life
Merged in a confluent flow
Dancing
To the music of spheres
Today, tomorrow and eternally
Without angst or fear