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Does life even have a purpose Or has society given it meaning I don't remember being born with a checklist But society saw my gift and wrote my destiny I try to elude it, but it always finds me Is free-will a myth and is success the only deity Don’t get me wrong I’m not complaining I’m not the recalcitrant teen who rebels to revel I’m the one who’s lost at the intersection of fate and destiny God decides your fate they told me They told me there’s a god inside me And the fate I’ve chosen is poles apart my destiny I am coerced into craving this utopic life idealised by society Who should I pick, who knows better? Society that evolved over eternity or a teen just past puberty In these moments I turn to love to help me I think of my parents and do as they tell me Love demands selflessness and that will drive me My purpose on this earth is to help everyone besides me
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Nov 9, 2022
Nov 9, 2022 at 1:45 PM UTC
Purpose
Does life even have a purpose Or has society given it meaning I don't remember being born with a checklist But society saw my gift and wrote my destiny I try to elude it, but it always finds me Is free-will a myth and is success the only deity Don’t get me wrong I’m not complaining I’m not the recalcitrant teen who rebels to revel I’m the one who’s lost at the intersection of fate and destiny God decides your fate they told me They told me there’s a god inside me And the fate I’ve chosen is poles apart my destiny I am coerced into craving this utopic life idealised by society Who should I pick, who knows better? Society that evolved over eternity or a teen just past puberty In these moments I turn to love to help me I think of my parents and do as they tell me Love demands selflessness and that will drive me My purpose on this earth is to help everyone besides me
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Nov 9, 2022
Nov 9, 2022 at 1:45 PM UTC
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