Life

Life ???

A Baby cries, this life, takes its first breath.
From that moment, a journey towards death.

Death, but an illusion, it’s all about change.
Energy transforming, molecules to rearrange

Birth, the death of an innate, untainted knowledge.
A knowledge lost with schooling, on its way to collage.

Except, that is, for the very pure of soul, so very few,
who have retained, what they brought, what they knew.

From a dimension beyond our comprehension, from a far.
From a dimension giving life from the essence of some star.

All that wisdom lost to our subconscious, who we truly are.
All vanished on the funeral pyre of consciousness, not but char

to remind us of what we once were, as we journey through this life.
Hoping, praying that fate, karma or life guides us away from what’s rife.

B. J. “A ” 2
January 20th 2018
Copyright © | Year Posted 2018

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De Beaulieu Avatar
February 2, 2018 at 1:48 PM
Hello William, I just finished reading your poem.Your words are so true. have a nice day my friend.
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April 4, 2019 at 5:32 PM
Yes Bill I have been there, and yes that has been done to me. Thank you Bill. Back at you:Have a nice evening my friend.
Atfield Avatar
February 3, 2018 at 4:53 PM
Thank you Darlene De Beaulieu for stopping by and taking the time to read my stuff, even more so for taking the time to comment. I am truly sorry to see “ Your words are so true. ”, for it makes me think that you have been there, done that and have had that done to you . “ have a nice day my friend. ”, Back at you my Dear . B. J. “A” 2 {{ Bill . }}
Michael Avatar
January 20, 2018 at 6:36 PM
Very insightful my friend...All the best William
Atfield Avatar
January 20, 2018 at 9:59 PM
Thank you Arturo Michael for “ Very insightful my friend... ” your understanding. This was a follow up to the passing of my young cousin, three generations removed . And thank you Arturo Michael for “ All the best William ”. Back at you !!! B. J. “A ” 2
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