...

Why is it so familiar?

Why is this feeling a force fed reminder

That I've somehow been, done or seen this before?

Can déjà vu be this perpetual?

If I have, was it really so ineffectual? 

It seems the futile question -

Why am I here?

And if I have already

Why must I then, be here again?

Author's Note

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wnD8FHRe5ew

Reviews

[John Alexander McFadyen]

I guess many of us experiences déjà vu from time to time, I know I have often contemplated my reason, however one has to believe in life after death or rebirth to find such feelings I guess?

[Ookpik]

Yes, that thought process relies on reincarnation.

Though in my opinion a Taoist/Buddhist approach mollycoddles the cynicism of being born again into the same life, over and over and over.

When I think of hell I can't imagine a more fitting alternative and for that reason alone I (in previous comments) call the thought dangerous to entertain.

[Relic]

I've always thought about it. They say we come back to learn lessons we didn't learn before. What that has to do with the particular moment we seem to remember...I don't know.

[Ookpik]

It's a really existential thought, and in some ways dangerous to entertain, but when I do I can't help but attach a meaningless to it. That there might be no reason to it - either it's a psychological, chemical phenomenon or Nietzsche/Stoics were right and we all eternally return, supposedly for no reason other than just because.

Regardless I appreciate the review and will try to return the favor.

[Stan Lee]

Ah, deja vu is a wonderful thing
I get it often whilst wandering
But I can confirm you've been here before
Though I'm not in the cafe much anymore
:) Great rhyme Ook. Thanks for sharing!

[Ookpik]

Thanks for reading!