Life
out here it sure looks different now
people, all kinds of people
walking, looking, touching things
some smiling and some not
some have a limp and some don’t
some push their shopping carts easily
others are leaning, relying on theirs
.
where did we all come from
at one time we were all back at home
safe in the womb of childhood
what terrible fortune befell us
it’s not just aging, getting older
it’s life and the way it sucks at
us, takes from us, gives us ulcers
.
life can be wonderful
or it can be a cruel bastard
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Posted on January 25, 2016, in Poetry, Uncategorized and tagged DoubleU, John White, Life, Poetry. Bookmark the permalink. 42 Comments.
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Thanks, Sheldon! 🙂 It sure is!
You raise a lot of great questions Johnbo, I would love to hear some answers. You are a good friend and I respect you greatly. Lovingly, however, I do believe that we have a different view regarding why life is the way it is. Lord bless!
Thank you! 🙂 Our lives have to be what we make them.
….and shall ever be…. 😉
Thank you, Bushka! 🙂 …until the end… 😉
It’s death that is cruel, it is insidious and causes us so much pain that our thoughts twist and we actually, cry out for death to give us relief! But what we really want is life without death!
Thank you! 🙂 It would be nice to live forever but knowing that an end is coming makes us want to really live too. 🙂
Yes, it does and every minute we live we are in some kind of struggle against death. I wonder how we would define ‘life’ without that dreadful struggle? :0)
True. There may not be life without death.
I see death as a temporary state from which life always, re-emerges. I can see life existing without death but without life, death has no reason to exist. Death is nothing.
That’s an interesting perspective.
The duality of life?
Thank you, Doug! 🙂 The duality and the trials.
Ain’t this the truth?! Amen!
Thank you, Lisa! 🙂 It’s great to meet you!
Actually life is quite wonderful: think about the alternative…;)
Thank you! 🙂 You’re right. It’s preferable to be on this side of the dirt. 😉
Life can be wonderful for a few fleeting moments. Unfortunately, I think most of the time it’s a cruel bastard. At least for me–but I’ve never been known for my optimism. 😀
Thank you, Mary! 🙂 The end is coming but it can also be our motivation to be sure to get all we can out of the time we have. 😉
For sure!
🙂
Alas…
Thank you! 🙂
Pleasure + pain = life
Thank you, Alan! 🙂 That’s some solid math and so accurate! 🙂
Pains and smiles, that’s what life is all about! Serious thought! 👌
Thank you! 🙂 Life is taking the good with the bad. It’s a pleasure to meet you!
Same here! 🙂
🙂
Reblogged this on Ancien Hippie.
Thank you for the reblog! 🙂
Good post. You raised several valid points. Well done.
Thank you! 🙂
Life can be very difficult. It’s the small things, the little victories within the pain that make life beautiful.
Thank you, Claire! 🙂 The little things are almost always the most enjoyable.
Yes…absolutely! I have first hand experience with my Dad…the sweetest gentlest man I was raised by; and who still guides me even thigh he is not here physically. Loved your poem.
Thank you! 🙂 Losing someone that close to us can be hard and something we never really recover from but keeping them close to us can sure help.
Life is a wonderful, cruel bastard.
Thank you! 🙂 And it can be both at the same time. It’s great to meet you!
Great to meet you as well!
🙂