DDH: The Question and Answer

• Artist: Himiko Hearts
• Description: This is a very philosophical poem that sees Life, almost as a being, that always likes to push people down, Life is the question that hurts you, and in order to find your anwser you have to search and chase your dreams.
  ..........then again.....you can see this as the ramblings of a crazy person.
  
  (DMDH stands for Diaries of My Darkest Heart: A series of poems that I have created. This is the first in the series.) Enjoy.
• Date: 07/16/2009
• Tags: the7thsergeant

The Question and the Answer

Why must Life continue to revolve
If one dies another is born
Child, son, mother, father, daughter
Each live on or die
Yet Life still continues weaving the threads of humanity
And my heart continues pounding
The thick blood that runs through my veins
No matter how lifeless I feel
Life still continues on
For everyone else…

So why must I remain
If Life continues on anyway
Why must anyone live on
If Life keeps spinning

The answer…
I can only choose my Life’s answer
For I believe
That the reason we were all brought into this universe…

Is because even though Life journeys forward without us, casting a disgustful glare in our wake
I believe that our destiny, fate, or simply our choices in life re a pure goal to make Life itself not only notice what we are, but who we are and thus we gain our individuality

We make choices that effect the world no matter how insignificant they are, but the answer to everyone’s question of Life…the answer to Life… is to not only make choices that effect the world, anyone can do that, but also to make choices that change the world.

Reshape the threshold upon which we live
For Life wishes to hold us down in an attempt to destroy what it believes is unnecessary
For Life is a question and it makes desperate attacks to stop us from finding our answer

But piercing into ones mortal being you will find the answer to their question
And when someone finds the answer to their question
Life looks up to them with a new interest, a newly gained respect

For by destiny, fate, or simply choice
Finding the answer from our very existence is what we must do so that we are not the worthless beings that life sees us to be...
These are the diaries of my darkest heart…

Comments

[Avaricion]

With poetry a good rule of thumb is to "Show, not tell." I felt how you wanted us readers to react was a bit forced. In regards to a rather popular topic 'Life's purpose and one's perseverance towards their dreams' you weaved in a bit of flare on it when you added a layer of personification. The last line might better be served as a title. "The Diaries of My Darkest Heart" explains more as a setting than it does an explanation by the speaker at the end. Nice ideas though; keep it up! smile