𝗟𝗜𝗧𝗘𝗥𝗔𝗥𝗬: "Thread of life" by Asliah Baute

 

Published by: Ayanna Jeane Salmorin 

Date Published: January 22, 2024

Time Published: 8:00 AM

Category: Poetry

Theme: The meaning of life

They say, "to live

A life, you must exist."

But, in my view,

"to exist is to feel

being alive."

Life is unfair they say;

When in fact we were all

Just desperate to be understood,

To be heard, to be loved.

The cause is the effect,

The effect is the cause.

The degree of difficulty

 is the outcome of our doings.

So, life was never been unfair,

Life is like a river under the moon,

Getting you as a passerby,

Ride it and follow the waves endlessly,

Close your eyes and feel the wind,

On the breeze of the sky,

Live, thrive, survive.

We do not control our lives,

Neither should we stop driving

Until we see the last line of our thread,

Until see each other's soul,

in the land of afterlife, at ease.

Where we can sit and drink

Watching how we have lived,

And maybe at the end we 

will utter the words 

we didn't know we will,

“It was a long way, but I survived.”

IMAGE SOURCE:

Grimshaw, J. (2018, November 30). The evocative light and landscapes of Sothebys.com. https://www.sothebys.com/en/slideshows/the-evocative-light-and-landscapes-of-john-atkinson-grimshaw