Geoffrey Brewer Poet Rhyme

The Bare Infinitive and the Meaning of Life

THE BARE INFINITIVE

Look: up above the stratosphere 
Outside the earth's blanket veneer
Beyond planets stars and galaxy 
Past even faintest nebulae

Far from the pull of gravity
Free of Dark Matter's hidden vector
In existential cavity
Untied to any spacial sector

All human weakness risen above
In solo freedom primitive 
Beyond the bonds of hate or love
There sits the Bare Infinitive

No cares nor problems, fears nor pains
But there's one question that remains
From Liberty, took a blessed kiss? 
Or to false seductive promise succumb
Is he in sublime unfettered bliss?
Or formless, endless tedium

COROLLARY - The Meaning of Life

So perforce the very asking of the question
May reveal the answer to that greater plea
Why suffer slings and arrows, pains, anguish, oppression 
When we might, by NOT opposing, be set free

The gloomy prince omitted consequence unsaid
In agonising on the walls of Elsinore
Endless nothingness holds nought for us but dread
Perchance to dream preferred to void; that we abhor

Thus life’s meaning may be: to be within a life
Then if we also have a purpose vied with strife
Result: interest, time, curiosity, interaction and aim
Or the elements of what we call: A Game.

Lest you think this demeans Creation to mere caprice
Then observe to be the player, not the piece.


24 May 2019

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Line Gauthier May 29, 2019 at 10:43 AM A very intellectual piece. Congrats on your well deserved win, Geoffrey. Geoffrey Brewer June 4, 2019 at 12:43 PM Thanks for this and for all of your kind responses, Line.

CayCay Godwin May 29, 2019 at 9:37 AM Superb writing delivered a most profound, thought-provoking piece. I read many lines more than once for this is a thinking poem. I enjoyed as I explored your meaning and feel deeper into like with your poem. Congrats on your deserved placement. Great ink. Poetry hugs ... CayCay Geoffrey Brewer June 4, 2019 at 12:40 PM Sorry for the mis-spelling - or was it the cursed spell checker, Cay Cay. Geoffrey Brewer June 4, 2019 at 12:37 PM cat Cay, Thank you for giving it your thoughtful attention and for your much appreciated kind words,

John Hamilton May 24, 2019 at 10:23 AM I appreciate this excellent write. Few have the talent or acuity to tackle this monster of a question, congrats Geoffrey for the valiant attempt to answer this. Gives me pause to reflect on the depth of this write! Geoffrey Brewer May 27, 2019 at 2:44 PM John, thank you for your thoughtful and appreciative comment - much appreciated.