To Be Alive_

To Be Alive_

What does it mean to be alive_

A form of feeling with a pinch of anxiety

That run in my veins to an unknown destination

Holding my breath and thinking about miles...

What does it mean to be alive.

Wrapping my heart quickly

hanging my legs in water

living with my soul

though it weighs quarter.

Carrying the pain in floating tears

Laughing loud enough to fool others

Hoping for some miracle in cheers

To know exactly_

What does it mean to be alive_

Author's Note

Let your thoughts flow and Heart speak.

Reviews

[barleygirl]

Two things I love about this posting. Your authors note is a great invitation for people to be more expressive in their reviews for everyone. Second, I love when a writer can take a topic that is so over-written-upon and say something that hasn't already been said. I don't think you're saying anything profound about it, which is what most writers try to do. It's more like you're SHOWING how it feels in a more visceral way & this is what makes your poem unique on a topic that's hackneyed. I also love when a writer shows the good & bad in a good balance, which you've done here (((HUGS))) Fondly, Margie

[Vidit V Kumar]

Hey thanks for reviewing this poem Margie:)
Experience taught everything, that's why we relate each others thought in a manner.
Keep sharing your HUGS Margie:)
Lots of love
Vidit

[Lavi]

Well since you asked: when I read this poem I think of the eight years of my life I feared living more than dying. It wasn't until I was on the edge of death did I understand that life would move on without me and there were still so many things I wanted to see, feel, and do. Some days are still hard but I never crave death the way I once preferred it over the living.

So, to answer the perhaps rhetorical question of what I think if means to be alive...

I think it means living for yourself and being true to yourself, understanding that you're not the only one alone in this feeling and that by understanding the darkest corners of your mind you can embrace all hardship, loss, and companionship. What it means to be alive is to carry the pain and use it to remind you that all you lived for means something - and in the end, you chose what comes next.

Thank you for sharing your thoughts. It helped me remember my own reason for living :)

[Betty Hermelee]

I get the feeling that you are sometimes carrying a big load, of anxiety, hope, pain, rapid heart beat, living with your soul (which is heavy with emotions) shedding tears; but those tears could be tears of hope, laughter, a miracle. There is some glimmer of a positive slice of life here. I like the way you balance this and ask yourself these questions, because life brings different emotions to each one of us.
Nicely written Vidit! Best, Betty

[Vidit V Kumar]

An emotion expressed in words is just like capturing photograph.Thanks for sharing your thoughts Betty!
Kind Regards
Vidit:)

[Paul Bell]

Great topic in this coronavirus time.
Being alive might just be surviving.
Surviving might be a different journey you choose in life.
Who knows, we wait and wonder.

[Vidit V Kumar]

Hey Paul, yeah...
You can not deny things by your own. So is Life.