this poem reveals different philosophies about life and the poet's views |
I have heard them all, heard them all say - there's nothing in this world that will forever stay. A naked truth, yet awkward, more I think about it more I find myself afar. Now let me make a wish, let me ask God a bit- isn't this life meant to live? then why does it all have to finish, why is life a momentary bliss. I have heard them all, heard them all say- make the most of life for you have nothing but today. Life still is not too short, the whole world waits for you to explore: until all ends you need not abort. Now let me engulf the fortunes of these times, fall deep into these eternal shines let me cherish those joyous days; sing along those lovely old rhymes, touching the glory of the divine. I have heard them all, heard them all say- life is just another hell where happiness stays away. Yea the things are getting harder, voices getting louder, if only I could escape farther.... Now let me just wait, wait for the dark clouds to break, let me face this merciless hate; unconsciousness feels too great- but alas! I keep lying awake. I have heard them all, and I have heard enough- this life is merely a bluff; again and again silence told me itself the insignificance of this material stuff; were it just to live,we'll hope to die and when death beckons I have heard them cry. Something's missing, everyone thinks, light one more candle, others dim. So- you ask me do I wish to live or die you know even I'll myself lie. |