bliss?
death stares me in the eyes
and with a firm tone I just say
no
life vociferates me from the heavens and says “come!
See what there is to see!”
And I again, say no. ;)
the middle ground is the only place I stand.
the ground has life.
It has death.
And more than one could ever conceptualize.
so much and so little.
small. big.
hot. cold.
the opposites are what have the secret to life.
or death?
you never know until you’ve experienced it.
And by then!!
you are done.
there’s nothing left.
nirvana.
no one knows how it ends?
does it end?
or begin?
It’s a simulation.
A game mastered by puppeteers in the sky
sky or ground?
It’s a lie.
Nothing exists?
do you exist?
nobody will ever know.
bliss is a hoax.
About this poem
“bliss?” is about the author’s struggles with over analyzing everything and then going on to believe that nothing exists and it’s all a lie or simulation.
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Written on August 27, 2021
Submitted on August 27, 2021
Modified on April 13, 2023
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Quick analysis:
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Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 701 |
Words | 138 |
Stanzas | 10 |
Stanza Lengths | 3, 3, 5, 9, 3, 3, 2, 1, 1, 1 |
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