Life is a Song
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A ballad inspired by the prompt "Life is a Song" suggested by Ink Empress
In the same town, in the same house,
two brothers were born
in a nice and calm countryside
where roses had no thorns.
In the same place, this morn,
two twins received this fife
to whistle ad-lib notes
for this unknown melody, called life.
At night, Jai liked to count the stars
perched on his wooden stool.
His brother, Jim, was scared
by the meteors and dark ghouls.
Jai liked to learn and go to school.
His brother saw learning rife
with the hard work of playing
this difficult melody, called life.
Which of cacophony or harmony
rules in the universe, so vast?
Jai enjoyed every moment.
Jim knew a good thing never lasts.
Yet, in front of an ecclesiast
both in turn, for their wife,
sworn deep or high-pitched tones
for this harmonic melody, called life.
Discouraged, Jim threw in the towel
when work paid no attention.
Jai recited some lines
when life was full of tensions.
In the time of incomprehension,
when the devil throws his strife,
keep faith and keep going forward
in this chaotic melody, called life.
Two brothers, two opposite visions.
When their life reached their sunset,
one saw he had a Moby Dick life.
The other could only mope with regrets.
So they thought, at the last tourniquet,
before leaping into the afterlife
and humming the last notes
of this chosen melody, called life.
Copyright © A. Ormulyce | Year Posted 2024
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