Unique

I’ll give you all an easy quiz,
You may be dumb or a whiz,
Tell me if you can:
What makes this world go around?
What makes you sane and sound?

Is it the perpetual time
or an ever elusive God?
Is it the taciturn soul  
or the ever explicit mind?

How do we live without
the light of the sun?
Do we die without the air?
But how do we breathe
if we have no nose?

So what is unique 
Is it God or the sun?
Is it time or the life-giving air?
Maybe it is the water we drink.

Or, if we have them all
but no food,
What would we eat?
Maybe it’s nature that nourishes us
and keep us alive!

If not tethered to the earth
won’t we all go adrift in the space?

What is it without which
life means nothing,
What makes living the life worthwhile?

What is best of all?
What is unique?
Copyright © | Year Posted 2023


Post Comments

Poetrysoup is an environment of encouragement and growth so only provide specific positive comments that indicate what you appreciate about the poem. Negative comments will result your account being banned.

Please Login to post a comment

Date: 8/16/2023 11:11:00 AM
- Your poem is unique ... because there are no poems like yours, Abdul :) - Congratulations on your great win in the contest :) - hugs
Login to Reply
Malik Avatar
Abdul Malik
Date: 8/16/2023 12:21:00 PM
At least you liked it! Thanks. I thought, may be, it was a stupid idea for a poem! I wrote this for my grand kids -- something To think about. Guess, no one else liked it.
Get a Premium Membership
Get more exposure for your poetry and more features with a Premium Membership.
Book: Reflection on the Important Things

Member Area

My Admin
Profile and Settings
Edit My Poems
Edit My Quotes
Edit My Short Stories
Edit My Articles
My Comments Inboxes
My Comments Outboxes
Soup Mail
Poetry Contests
Contest Results/Status
Followers
Poems of Poets I Follow
Friend Builder

Soup Social

Poetry Forum
New/Upcoming Features
The Wall
Soup Facebook Page
Who is Online
Link to Us

Member Poems

Poems - Top 100 New
Poems - Top 100 All-Time
Poems - Best
Poems - by Topic
Poems - New (All)
Poems - New (PM)
Poems - New by Poet
Poems - Read
Poems - Unread

Member Poets

Poets - Best New
Poets - New
Poets - Top 100 Most Poems
Poets - Top 100 Most Poems Recent
Poets - Top 100 Community
Poets - Top 100 Contest

Famous Poems

Famous Poems - African American
Famous Poems - Best
Famous Poems - Classical
Famous Poems - English
Famous Poems - Haiku
Famous Poems - Love
Famous Poems - Short
Famous Poems - Top 100

Famous Poets

Famous Poets - Living
Famous Poets - Most Popular
Famous Poets - Top 100
Famous Poets - Best
Famous Poets - Women
Famous Poets - African American
Famous Poets - Beat
Famous Poets - Cinquain
Famous Poets - Classical
Famous Poets - English
Famous Poets - Haiku
Famous Poets - Hindi
Famous Poets - Jewish
Famous Poets - Love
Famous Poets - Metaphysical
Famous Poets - Modern
Famous Poets - Punjabi
Famous Poets - Romantic
Famous Poets - Spanish
Famous Poets - Suicidal
Famous Poets - Urdu
Famous Poets - War

Poetry Resources

Anagrams
Bible
Book Store
Character Counter
Cliché Finder
Poetry Clichés
Common Words
Copyright Information
Grammar
Grammar Checker
Homonym
Homophones
How to Write a Poem
Lyrics
Love Poem Generator
New Poetic Forms
Plagiarism Checker
Poetry Art
Publishing
Random Word Generator
Spell Checker
What is Good Poetry?
Word Counter