Life is a Mirage

This is the first poem I ever wrote. Roughly about 10 months ago. Found it on an old flash drive and figured I'd post it. It basically comprises my philosophy of life.

 

Life is a mirage

It is never what we think it is,

Or is going to be

We all have this arcane, fairytale view

Of what life is supposed to be

But it is not supposed to be anything

It is what we make it with our actions and our words

There is no destiny set out for us

There is no puppet master manipulating the little strings

To do as he wants or says

There is no god granting wishes like some emancipated genie

There is only man and man is fallible

 

These mistakes are what shape us

These experiences are what make us grow

Evolve

Change

To be something better today

Than we were yesterday

We are not some cast

Cut from the same mold

 

People want to believe in some

Higher power

That will help them in their time of need

That will take them away from the wretched place

Little do they know?

They are that higher power

Our actions and words (Not our beliefs)

Shape our existence

 

It is much too easy to believe that a god

Will come

And deliver us from evil

And whisk us away to paradise

But as I look around to this vast and beautiful place

I am reminded that it is not god that makes the world;

It is what we make it for ourselves.

Reviews

[Rene Velez]

True story...

[Liza]

this is perfect that i cannot even taint your wall with a review. but just wanted you to know that it meant the world to me today.

[Lily Mae]

Paradise lives inside..and we can live it if we choose to. We are energy and leave as energy... :) xx

[Kenneth The Poet]

Beautiful piece of work. I think this a perfect piece of work in fact.

I love the philosophy, even though I sometimes wonder if there is something upstairs in a metaphysical sense.