The purpose of living has always been up for debate. It’s always been humans making use of their lives to ponder the reasons why we’re alive at all. It’s always about knowing the “why” and the “how,” in the process failing to see the “should” and the “will.” It’s easy for us to agree that the world is a canvas; malleable and flexible, blank and waiting—yet we’re so desperate to find an answer to our reality that we forget that there’s more to existing than clawing at infertile soil and dormant seeds, more than painting our own rain and sunshine, more than sobbing on our knees to marble and gold. It’s ironic when you think about it, there’s not much more to life than going through the motions and yet there’s so much more to life than just existing. They always say that there’s a difference between living and existing, but when was the last time anyone actually stopped to realise it?
“We want to know what separates us, what do others respect about us? More importantly, what do we respect about ourselves?” The quote this poem was somewhat inspired by