Literary Life

Something I thought of spur of the moment. Started as a love poem, then got a bit philosophical, with just a dash of religion.

All of the things that have happened in my life

The good, the bad

The things I want to remember,

And those I long to forget,

Everything that came before the most important moment in my life,

The moment I met you,

Form my prologue.

Once I met you, my real life started

The plot has begun to unfold

One minute a tragedy, the next a comedy,

It is never boring

And even when your name doesn’t appear on the pages,

You’re never really gone

You exist within the heart and mind of the main character

The ending remains a mystery

But that’s really a part of the fun

Not knowing what will come next

I am not the one who decides how this story goes

I am only a character in this epic story

Written in delicate script by an author unknown

He/she has the pen and we are but figments of their imagination

So let’s turn the pages together

And see if we’re a part of each other’s conclusion

Author's Note

I consider myself an agnostic, thus the he/she when I mention the unknown author.

Reviews

[Pax Analog]

I like this. It relates well to my ScriptureX.1 theme, which is a meditation on crazy-wise writing AS original scripture ("God" as aware Zen space, not a mythic object).

The strangest thing about humans is the propensity to project absolutes, or even strong opinions with little creative investigation. All one needs is open-endedness.

Your poem speaks to my heart, for it is the immersion as reader/writer/character that has a fresh potential to be a cognitive yoga. Every navigational principle in life is a story told and lived. And beneath that is the story of the language coding. . .

Your piece is classic.

[Crow]

This is an inspirational work of art. Though you may consider yourself an agnostic, you have given the reader an insight to life. Thank you for sharing.

[Creepy Swine Guy]

This is a fabulous write. Other than adding a comma here or there, I wouldn't change a thing.

Top ratings here and into my favorites.

[Hamkar]

I like the story side and also that it starts almost completly different to the end.