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Existential

Ain’t it amazing the way life flows 
Up, down, horizontal, to and fro 
The calm, with the rough, heaven and hell 
Mostly average, but who can tell 
Dreams of happiness, that go astray
Fleeting moments of bliss, perfect days
Desperation, sadness, broken hearts 
Wishing that today, never did start
I often wonder what life’s about 
Fears, the unknown, our moment of doubt 
Creation, purpose, to whom it serves
Born to die, or put here to observe 
Lost in a cosmos, mostly dark space 
Part of a freak species, human race 
Curious beings, drawn towards light 
Basic monsters, a damn ugly sight 
Misanthrope’s xenophobe’s, good and bad 
Altruistic, thoughtful, creepy, mad
Destructive, creative, all at once 
Gifted, evil, stupid as a dunce 
Pretentious, precocious, teachers pet
Wasteful, niggardly, the private jet 
Killing fields, to our gardens of zen 
Everybody welcome, just not them
Yes it’s amazing the human spirit 
Man’s tailor made, to deliver it

Writing challenge X words
Sponsored by Constance le France
How many syllables 
Prompt #8 Existential 
01/05/23

Copyright © David Kavanagh | Year Posted 2023

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Christopher Grieves Date: 6/28/2023 4:25:00 AM I particularly like: "Yes it’s amazing the human spirit Man’s tailor made, to deliver it" Great concluding line - wish it was mine ;-) Login to Reply David Kavanagh Date: 6/28/2023 4:56:00 AM Thanks Chris, I think that line belongs to all of us, so I’m sure part of it is yours, cheers David

Sand Blown Date: 5/11/2023 2:29:00 PM ....goodt one....an earth wide garden of zen would be a miracle existent dream.... .....stan Login to Reply David Kavanagh Date: 5/12/2023 1:41:00 AM It certainly would Stan, but wouldn’t take long for us humans to turn it back into a nightmare, cheers David

Christopher Flaherty Date: 5/10/2023 1:59:00 PM Congratulations Sir Every line and verse Flows and rhymes Like all your other exceptional work Login to Reply David Kavanagh Date: 5/10/2023 11:54:00 PM Thanks Christopher Nobody can ever say humanity failed to deliver on whatever it is we’re designed to deliver, cheers David

Paula Goldsmith Date: 5/4/2023 9:23:00 AM Congratulations on your win. What a creative/true write. Life is one huge ride with both good/bad. Have a great/blessed day............... Login to Reply David Kavanagh Date: 5/4/2023 12:22:00 PM Good, bad, with everything in between, and beyond thank you so much for congrats, cheers David

Constance La France Date: 5/4/2023 6:44:00 AM David, thank you so much for sharing your wonderful poem with us in my Writing Challenge congratulations. ! Login to Reply David Kavanagh Date: 5/4/2023 12:20:00 PM And thank you Constance for stopping by with the good news, cheers David

Victor Buhagiar Date: 5/2/2023 1:28:00 AM Life is always full of turmoil. Login to Reply David Kavanagh Date: 5/2/2023 2:33:00 AM Ain’t that the truth Victor, but I think our existential turmoil, goes way beyond the remit of all other creatures, cheers David

Panagiota Romios Date: 5/1/2023 5:27:00 PM Fearless write,DVid, I love it! I have a passion for poets who tell it like it is.. Deep thinkers! Awesome. In appreciation for your authenticity! PNgie Login to Reply David Kavanagh Date: 5/2/2023 2:29:00 AM Heya Pangie, I try my best in these type of existential moments, to be as authentic as I possibly can, and try pen it as I see it, as a species we’re capable of anything, no matter how beautiful or disgusting, we’ve done it all and continue to do so, cheers David

I Am Anaya Date: 5/1/2023 8:58:00 AM "Killing fields, to gardens of zen Everybody belongs, just not them" chilling. The high tide has its effects, the waves roar and shatters rocks like a ton of bricks. We are deceived but we overcome, until the next realization. Excellent choice, the meaning purpose & value of human existence, David Login to Reply David Kavanagh Date: 5/1/2023 10:34:00 AM Heya Anaya, we must keep going we have no choice, come what may, is/was there an ultimate plan, I honestly don’t know, we’re here because we have to be here, and that makes us an existential part of something, the mind boggles, cheers David

Tom Cunningham Date: 5/1/2023 4:26:00 AM You covered our existence well in your verse David, I always compare life to a sea voyage, Stormy waters, a safe harbour. Occasionally we come across those buccaneers that share our waters. Best of luck in the contest. Tom Login to Reply David Kavanagh Date: 5/1/2023 5:04:00 AM We really have no choice Tom but to take whatever existence throws at us, for its constantly changing, all other animals would be long extinct, if they carried on like us, yet the human population continually grows, natural selection is meaningless to us now as a species, we’ve transcended it into the intelligence realm methinks, cheers David

Lin Lane Date: 5/1/2023 3:02:00 AM Each line is like an ocean wave rushing to shore. Some that slam us with their roar, we create ourselves. Others are formed by some of those evil-spirited creatures of the human race you mentioned. Life hardly ever flows smoothly. Makes us aware that not one of those calm sea days should we ever take for granted. Login to Reply David Kavanagh Date: 5/1/2023 4:07:00 AM Absolutely Lin, a take nothing for granted approach here, a philosophical existential look at life, whatever we’re supposed to be, like my last line says, we deliver on it, thank you so much for your wonderful comments, cheers David