Yin Yang

Life is a lie

every word

every friend

every smell

every touch

every sound, taste, sight...
a fading memory, an illusion from the start


every means to understand or disprove this...DELUSION


life is pain, life is death



every tight inhale a subtle, yet painful grasp for life

a deep, desperate breath in thinned air

every exhale a false promise

every tic of time, meaningless

life is solitude, a glorified coffin

chained to the self

slavery

life is a bomb threat disguised as a gift

a shady, binding contract with the fine print written in invisible ink

a warm cozy fire place...that burns the house down to the ground

a joke, that robs you of the laugh

ignorance... plain and simple

I AM ILLUSION

i know everything i need to know

this is clear now

why did i come here?

life is...unbearable







life.. is fantasy

every smell

every touch

every sound, taste, sight, a vivid frame on the ever changing screen of vibration


every attempt to fully understanding this through words and concepts...ATTACHMENT

life is birth, life is bliss

space, light, love
 
every exhale a gentle, but exhilarating RIDE on the hum of exising
 
every inhale charged with suspense

a slow and steady drift on the eternal stream of beautiful now

life is a union, a harmony of the unique

life is freedom to explore yourself, your path

life is an adventure disguised as a challenge

a growing space, with surprise around all corners

an intense lightning storm, that nourishes the soil and crops

life is dust in the wind, that is the breath of god

The  manipulation of a small universe in the palm of your hands, that you perceive as one whole

and the manipulation of your universe in the palm of gods hand as one whole, that you perceive as many

it is...a masterpiece


...that brings tears

the one contains the many the many contains the one

the wrong answers are right, the right answers are wrong

contemplation in it's purest form

the now is nostalgic

I AM ..SENSATION

but fundamentally i am just...i

i can't conceive of the mystery of this life

it is indescribable

i never want to leave this space

"life" is... just a word

Reviews

[Cole Hayley]

beautiful man, truely. I love this type of writing, simple because it is so honest and heartfelt. This is why I write poetry, to push the envelop, and I know (well atleast for me) that everytime i try to do that people will not follow to that style with me, but this man is breathtaking. "life is a bomb threat diguised as a gift". Incredible.

[Redboy]

thank you pushing the envelop is kind of my style too

[Khloevhr]

This intellectual piece you have written of a battled life, one seeming to struggle to fight. And, yet came out victorious?! In your thoughts, feelings about this word,...life?!!! What is it that each of us will do to take this chance to take action in a conceptual Word? My belief is: further cognitive processing of the cards and orders dealt are damaging,.. and seeing them in a different light though all SiX SenSes is amazing. Yet due to resilience, no doubt can balance be achieved ever so victoriously yet so delicate is the nature of living this life.! Holding on to the possibility there is more to this word you LIVE that you can LOVE all that is Glorious and Beautiful. It is a masterpiece of a read. I would enjoy seeing more of your work,.. Thank you for sharing! And,... also, no doubt that this was a read that made my heart bleed tears of a tiny dancer. It also makes me want to not leave this SPACE. Your strong bold words pirouetted about the poem to the beat of a dribbled basketball.

[Redboy]

Thank you for your review. I'm glad the poem seems to have inspired you!

[RubyM]

This is really beautiful. I really like the contrast.

[Redboy]

Thank you for the review!

[Ken e Bujold]

A great read Red. For a moment I was transposed back into my own lost youth, the angry rebellion of this poem reads true to the self you are now. It has a simple immediacy to it. doesn't preach or transgress into the maudlin or synthetic rage of pyrotechnics. It just is. Ah how I remember

I'll be back to read more of your work. Though sadly, this piece has me ruminating on the most likely reality that I won't be around to read how your journey through middle age and beyond will wrap you in wisdom of the world, and how life is oh so much more than just a word

Ken e

[Redboy]

Thank you for your kind words sir.

[Brad Dehler]

Very intense piece. Thank you for sharing. I can tell you really felt this. This is likely an ongoing feeling you have. Hang in there. Know that there are rebuttals to this, and life can be brilliant, beautiful and meaningful. Take care....

[Redboy]

Thank you for your review!

[Red Brick Keshner]

"life is just a word" wow... hard hitting reality. Thanks for sharing.

[Redboy]

Thanks for the kind words!

[LJW]

Now this is something I can relate to.

I'm a Buddhist so I experience and acknowledge both the light and the dark, the Yin and the Yang, with equal favor.

I like how you broke it down into the two viewpoints. They are mindsets. Not facts.
Perhaps not illusions.

Nice work.

[Redboy]

Thank you. I'm not a buddist but i agree with their philosopy : )

[LJW]

You're welcome!

[lovelymarina]

Loved this... really raw and honest and hits us all in a way that cuts but also makes sense. I loved reading this a lot... thank you for sharing

[Redboy]

Thank you for the review!

[Audie G. Couch]

Strong, and elegant. I can grasp the full feeling of the Yin & Yang; push and pull, give and take.
Great work =-)

[Redboy]

Thank you!

[heavenscentgirl1]

A TRULY AMAZING PIECE OF WRITING, THANKS FOR SHARING YOUR TALENT WITH US. KUDOS
MJ 😇

[Redboy]

Thanks for the kind words!

[Nix is typing...]

This was truly breathtaking!! A very beautiful one, indeed!!
I felt this poem 100%
I felt it in my bones!!
I think I loved most of all the last line, "'life' is... just a word"
100/100 definitely!!

[Redboy]

Thank you! I kind of think of that line as the point of the poem in a way...if it had a set one i guess

[Nix is typing...]

Well...it's really good!! ❤️

[Redboy]

Well thanks again :)