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Oct 2017 · 276
A Beginning To The End
Brett A McDowell Oct 2017
In Life, Ephemeral                                                       In Death, Oblique
                                          One in the same
                                          Together Unique

While Life is a series of Twists and turns
                                   Death is a summary of what someone has learned

                                  This is a story of a boy and a girl
                         Who lived their lives in a very small world

The boy had planned on a very long day
                                                  While the girl was eager on passing away
He wanted to travel from place to place
                                                  She wanted to depart with a hurried pace
The man living Life, thought to be immune
                                            As the girl's luck seemed to run inopportune

                                 Both deciding to repudiate
                All the lies they were told, designed to obliterate

The form of his optimism left in his wake
                                   And the shape of her sorrow giving her heartache
Death seems so bleak, avoiding the light
                                               Life a beautiful lie, it’s truths it will not cite
Searching for items from origins of avarice
                                          Seeing the world from her eyes of pure justice

                    Rendering their actions in Life and Death Tedious

His logic, complex and seeming sarcastic
                                                         Her logic, ironic maybe even fantastic
An entreatment for guidance was all that he sought
                                                  A plethora of skepticism deepens the plot

                Their mindsets so morbid, often inordinate
                Hearken the call and quit with the obstinate

Exploring the abstruse way of life
                                                   Creating a way to progress without strife
Life forcing his early resignation
                                                                             Reso­nant in her memories
                                                        ­            She plummets into lamentation

In life Ephemeral                                                               In Death oblique

                                     One in the same
                                     Together unique
Both outer sides are two different voices and the center is both voices in unison.
This was an old final project I made my sophomore year.

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