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davidmerriman
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0 posted 2004-02-17 05:14 PM



Perhaps everything is an illusion.
Perhaps when we die, our heart stops beating,
And the ones whom we loved will remain gone,
Forever seeping into nothingness,
All of our progress and future destroyed,
And the last things we see are loved ones’ tears.

Perhaps everything is an illusion,
And when cheap bodies finally collapse,
Our souls will drift away and not shatter
Like a glass thrown, broken to painful shards.
We would taste the sky and come down to Earth,
Ever-watching our seeds blossom to life.

Perhaps everything is an illusion,
And all our worst nightmares of Hell lie true.
Fully tricked, our unfaithful souls are plunged
Down and away, forever hence in pain.
We suffer for our fated insolence
By eternal, unforgiving torment.

Perhaps everything is an illusion.
Perhaps all of our knowledge is static,
Buzzing across our accidental lives.
We sleep and dream chemical reactions,
And nothing can be proved, but everything
Is plotted in great detail, like a map.

Perhaps everything is an illusion,
And after we die, we know no better.
We walk around blindly in our own dreams,
Cradling our brains, thirsty for knowledge.
We could cut off our dreams like cords of life,
And stop the tears from falling when we die.

Perhaps everything is an illusion.
Perhaps the notion of illusions is
One in itself. Perhaps our language and
Our senses and our perception of our
Reality is an extremely small
Piece of actual existence. Perhaps.

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"We talk so abstractly about poetry, because we are all bad poets." - Nietzsche

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Joyce Johnson
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1 posted 2004-02-17 10:16 PM


Reminds me of my brother when we were small.  "Well how do you know we are real?"  Drove me crazy.  I guess we aren't supposed to know it all as yet.  Joyce
Grover
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2 posted 2004-02-18 02:31 PM


Even imagining infinite space and/or infinite time is beyond our comprehension. That is why we must live by faith! Grover.
jellybeans
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3 posted 2004-02-19 01:00 PM


perhaps if there weren't the hope of heaven, I would not have want to live...
thought provoking write

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4 posted 2004-02-19 09:38 PM




(smiles) But perhaps, perhaps it's not an illusion, perhaps it's all part of the grand scheme of life to edify us and help us to appreciate all the blessings further! (big angel hugs) Yay, God Bless You, this is a wonderfully contemplative poem, yay, we all love you so much! You have such a beautiful heart, sweet David, thank you for sharing!



May love and light always shine upon you!

Love,
Noah Eaton

"You'll find something that's enough to keep you
But if the bright lights don't receive you
You should turn yourself around and come back home" MB20

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