[vanity]
Who would even dare to write a poem
Trying to express the meaning of life
That’s ridiculous
Insane
Quite crazy
As a matter of fact
Yet great
Poets over the history of
Time
Have tried
Vainly
Hopelessly
And without much
Success
We plod on
In the face of the most horrible
Evils
But we’ve come only so far
Only a fraction of a second on the
Cosmic scale of history
Suffered
Cried
Loved
Despised
Watched
Listened
Touched
Smelled
Healed
Hurt
And so much
More
Languages
Come and gone
Along with races
Tribes
Countries
People
Close and far
We continue
Maybe because we’re stubborn to the core
Or we believe in a higher cause
A god
But not me
Scary
To control
So many minds
And we don’t rebel
Maybe we should
Maybe we’ll all
Kill each other with
Bombs
Fire
Hate
Then rebirth
The cycle starts anew
A cosmic chuckle erupts
We are given another
Chance
We fail
Once more
