End to Begin to End to Begin

begin to an end to a begin to an end

who wants to live forever

if no one lives forever?

　

when a hero is only as good as their villain

we all must confront our own villains

　

without challenge life is decadent

without death living is irrelevant

　

without sadness. . . what in the f**k is happiness?

Reviews

[Chris Shaw]

Now you`ve got me thinking Queen and Freddie Mercury. Big fan and have seen Bohemian Rhapsody twice. Only a fool would want to live forever.

Yep, it's all about balance. You won't know what happiness is until you've experienced sadness. Opposing emotions. Now I'm thinking magnets when I should be doing chores :)

[Davidgeo]

On the surface it can be a discomforting thought... that we all have to die one day. But underneath that discomforting thought lies a reality I don't think we can or even want to ever fully understand in any "present" moment. The universe is probably a far stranger place than we can understand as finite living beings, but that may be a good thing. Completely understanding things with absolute certainty breeds a finality of thought that, in my opinion, shares traits with death and dying... knowing everything needs to be impossible for that reason. Without the flame of curiosity life would kinda suck in my opinion. Why even get up in the morning if you already know what's going to happen?

[goldenscar__]

that's it.. life is a two-faced coin and we must handle it from both sides.
Powerful poem.

[Dave]

You're so right! Only a fool would wish to live forever. To what end? Seeing friends come and go it would seem an endless chain of sorrows. The heroes and the villains would all be intermixed.

Take care - Dave

[ROSALIND]

We must confront our own faults without pointing the finger in the direction of someone else.
We can only find peace within our hearts .
Religion distracts s
Destroys causing confusion. Only by letting God live in our hearts we can have an relationship with him. Then we have hope and a reason for living by accepting his free gift of love forgiveness is the key to setting us free. Well written piece of work.

[Papaya]

Dave, I really like this theme (I've written of it too).
We have to know both spectrums to appreciate one or the other.
And the growth lies in the balance found in between.
(I think)

[SleeplessVolcano]

You open many cans of worms with this one - good cans ;)

We will not appreciate breakthrough if we did not struggle a while....the sweetness we taste sometimes is just that little bit sweeter because we know how sour life can be....

I agree with Chris.....get a guitar and turn this into a song ;)

[Davidgeo]

You won't breath if you don't have to breath. You won't live if you don't have to live. I'm full of s****y analogies tonight.... but I swear they make sense if you try.

[Davidgeo]

…. agreeing with Chris is almost always a good idea.

[SleeplessVolcano]

Trying is great, but if your intention is to dig, using a spade makes it easier ;)

[Davidgeo]

Ha.... the mind pierces deeper every time though. Physically digging is for dickholes.

[Barbara Walker]

I have had to do some serious thinking lately so I am going to come back to this piece when I am not feeling so heavy. Excellent title.

[Davidgeo]

Serious thinking can be a strange thing.... regardless of topic; life is kinda weird when you really think about it. It's nice to see you around again Barbara. You're awesome people.