Sunday, March 16, 2008

LIFE IS, LIFE IS NOT

THERE IS MELLOWNESS OF TWILIGHT
AND MUSIC TO SOOTHE, ROUSE OR PULSATE
AND THERE IS YEARNING FOR A NEED TO BE NEEDED
LOVING TO BE LOVED
LIFE IS LAUGHTER AND DESIRE
IT IS THE CRY OF A NEW-BORN CHILD
IT IS AN ECSTASY AND A WOUND OF HURT
IT IS A PARADIGM OF COMPASSION
AND FREQUENTLY A RESERVOIR OF SUPERSTITION
HATRED AND VIOLENCE
IN THE FACE OF EVIDENCE OF DESOLATION AND FUTILITY
LIFE IS HOPE
AND A COVENANT OF FAITH
LIFE IS A COMBAT, PERPLEXITIES AND DILEMMAS
AND SOMETIMES, TRIUMPH OF UNVANQUISHED WILL
IT IS UNQUENCHABLE THIRST FOR KNOWLEDGE
IT IS AN UNENDING SEARCH
FOR THE ELUSIVE MEANING OF FREEDOM AND TRUTH
IT IS IDEAS WHICH LEAD TO ARGUMENT
AND MORE IDEAS


IT IS FATHOMING MYSTERIES OF THE UNIVERSE
AND RIDDLES OF THE TINIEST ATOM
IT IS CONVULSIONS OF EARTH AND EMOTIONS
AND IT IS RAIN ON PARCHED EARTH
GERMINATING AND RENEWING LIFE
IT IS COURAGE TO DIE, OR TO LIVE
IT IS THE CANOPY OF STARLIT SKY
ON SLEEPLESS NIGHTS
LIFE IS PLANTS AND RIVERS AND BIRDS
AND STRANGE INCREDIBLE CREATURES
LIFE IS LAPSE IN TIME
AND ROMANCE OF MOTION IN SPACE
LIFE IS LONELINESS IN A CROWD