Life

Joy Dimgba 1999 (Delta State)



Having no memories of how we came here
We could say we chose to
Each a color, a life and talents
Or we could say
Lifeless sacks of flesh and blood
Heaved unto darkness
Knowing nothing
To become ashes at the lapse of time
Given instructions
To do or not to do
Will and fate playing chess
On the boards of life itself
So we dive in
Or
Lifelessly thrown in

About this poem

This poem is about existence. The fact that we do not know how we came here and having no memories of life before now.

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Written on September 26, 2022

Submitted by justjoy707 on September 26, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Characters 353
Words 71
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 15

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