This Life



The Battle
Of life
A cry of contradictions
In grown minds
Of childhood beliefs
Of dreams
And desires
Of aspiration and
Inspiration
Borne from
Misconcepted truths.

This Life
A battle indeed,
Amidst the chaos, materialism
and separation.

There’s a world
And consequently
A universe.

Then there is
The Self.

And only The Self.

About this poem

Reflective of life experiences

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Written on 1987

Submitted by MVellani on September 06, 2021

Modified on April 18, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme XAXXXXXXBCX AXCB XXX XD D
Closest metre Iambic dimeter
Characters 305
Words 53
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 11, 4, 3, 2, 1

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