Dear Arthur

“After your death you will be
What you were before your birth”
Dear Arthur, where are you, tell me
Have you returned back to Earth?
For if you are out somewhere
Your point above is hard to grasp
That a mind over matter will care
If we still have faces of ours 
For there’s no recognition possible
Without people we knew so well
Otherwise we are easily tossable
Interchangeable in this hell
Memory is the key to the soul
Lost memory can’t be revived
Little blessings of getting old
Calm down the will to survive.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2025

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October 13, 2025 at 2:04 AM
This little poem is dedicated to Schopenhauer.
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