The Weight of Life
In order for me to find out the weight of my life
I took all my clothes, shoes, accessories and even
my pride off; and pain and grief are offset by
the happiness and the joy, and stepped on the pan.
The number delivered from simple math
shows the negative portion of my life was way greater
than the positive, I thought weight of the other side of the pan
would not hold my weight. But it was my mistake, the beam
tilted to the other side, though it seems lighter than a feather.
No matter how closely examined,
inconceivable is the weight of the weight.
Is this the same reason though,
an airplane seems heavier than the air
but flies in the air; a battleship is heavier than the water
it floats on the water.
Although, life’s weight
may be proportional to the number of wounds and scars
like a rugged roadside stone, it is lighter than the weight
on the other side of the scale.
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Su Ben | Year Posted 2014
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