Questions for thought

just thinking

I'm sitting here thinking about the world
eating and drinking everyday being human.
What makes us special?
Is it our knowledge of death?
Our love of life, or the angst we feel daily?
There are so many qualities we all have,
but what makes us, us?
Is it a soul, or is it that feeling?
The feeling of a hole, the feeling of loss.
Do  other beings feel it?
The lack of something in our hearts?
The reason to strive for something better?
Are we the only being on earth
that can feel special, and loved?
Do we take it for granted, that love?
Does anyone even truly know love?
Or is it something made up?
Something to make us feel content,
with these lackluster lives of ours?
Or is the thing that truly makes us special,
the simple fact that anyone at all,
from the lowliest janitor, to multi-billionaires,
we are all able to think any of these thoughts...

Author's Note

just sitting at work selling/drinking coffee and writing!

Reviews

[Shy Girl]

Yes, I do think that some of think about these questions. Then there are some of us that don't. We had a recent loss and this poem hit me as a type of sign. (If you are in those of us that believe those. I'm not saying you aren't I am meerly pointing it out as a reference) Anyway, we all don't think of the simple questions in life until we need to be reminded. This piece is like a reset button. You've asked many questions that we should remind ourselves of everytime we take our first breath in the morning till we close our eyes. Thank you for reminding me. :)

[Kenneth The Poet]

Blitz work. Nice job.