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Life, Death, or Both?

Life

It is a simple word

Yet it holds so much meaning

People use it everyday in many ways

But most people don't know what it means

After being alive so long you would think that you know what it is

Or maybe you do know what it is once you reach the age 70

As newborn babies we are ****** with life yet it came with no instructions

We try to make do with it

And in the end its all we ever know

 

Death

It often goes along with Life

And after a while we realize that death is part of life

You cannot avoid it, or change what it is

Just like you can't avoid eating delicious food when it is placed in front of you

You must be willing to let go of the life you had planned in order to live the life that is waiting for you

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Written by
eve-pruecil
American
Published
Dec 31, 2010
Lines·Words
16·153
Notes

last two lines said by joseph cambell

i wrote this after we put down our dog, i know its not exactly a poem but i had to find a way to look at it positivley and i usually can think and find someting positive when i am writing.

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