The Journey
Why are we here?
Why do we exist?
To feel emotion and pain
And compassion for people we hold dear?
One thing I can't comprehend
Is why things end
Why we die, why we live, why we cry,
Why we give?
Why laugh and why work?
If everything ends then god's a jerk.
Why work so hard to please
If in the end you get a disease
Why do we inflict pain
When in the end it really doesn't matter
Why put yourself in a situation
When your heart will shatter.
But something must mattter
If this is a long journey
To laugh and to cry are our special gifts
To help and be empathetic for others
When they need a lift.
The journey is what we make of it
If in the end the journey stops and all is over
Have we achieved or left wishing we did more?
It is your actions that decide this
So now go and explore.
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