Life is But a Play About Cooking and Playing Games

Life is But a Play About Cooking and Playing Games

A Poem by Dennis Shanaberg

We are hydrogen;

And we are oxygen;

A pinch of some carbon

With a few other things stirred in.

The same ingredients

Just combined with varied intention

Tossed into the world

Without destinied directions.


We are all the same,

But we are each our own--

Parts torn from the whole

And hastily re-sewn.

Strange dichotomy--

Grey is black and white.

No one’s better.

No one’s worse.

All wrong, but we’re all all right.


Everyone will play their part,

But the role is theirs to choose.

And who you were at the start

Develops as you walk in different shoes.

There is no lead in this play

Just cliched, on-stage, mere players.

There’s subtext in all their lines

The best will find points beneath the layers.


You are better than no one.

No one is any better than you.

We’re all on the same level,

Just different in what we do.

The game of life is better in this view.

There are no ladders to climb 

Or chutes to fall through--

Just our own paths to the end to find.

© 2012 Dennis Shanaberg


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"There are no ladders to climb
Or chutes to fall through--
Just our own paths to the end to find."
The above words are true. But a wise man have a lot of fun before he find the path to the ending. Better to live for today and hope tomorrow give us opportunity and chance. A very good poem. Made me think. Thank you for the excellent poem.
Coyote

Posted 12 Years Ago


this extremely the best poem i've ever read so far..really,,worth shelving..

:)

Posted 12 Years Ago


this is somewhat similar to my poem written in our dialect
great thing you view life the same way i did
overall write is wonderful
=]

Posted 12 Years Ago



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Dennis Shanaberg

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