What Does It Mean?

victor-bucarizza Poems

What does it mean to be human? Forged in the hearts of the universe A billion fragments of creation, woven into one existence Children of the stars that envious eyes reflect What does it mean to be human? I am the universe I am alone What does it mean to find beauty? To witness the Sun's racing photons pierce the atmosphere with bursting lust for the horizon The waves finding my eyes, and leaking dopamine in my brain What does it mean to find beauty? I am in awe I am chemistry What does it mean to write poetry? To order the shapes and symbols written by dead men in a way no one has ever seen before A fool's attempt to have one feel what all have felt before What does it mean to write poetry? I am a poet I am a liar What does it mean to die? To find the book continues writing for you were not the protagonist all along To learn this, only once you cannot learn at all What does it mean to die? I am alive I am finite What does it mean to love? To see the finite chemicals in all the lonely liars And to hold them close In awe of the universal poetry that is our lives All the same, we are all the same I am love If we were anything else, there would be no point No Hope No Life