Transience

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    Poem Commentary

    Not ever meant to last.

    Transience

    The sands of time fall so fast
    In the face of Eternity
    Humans were never meant to last -
    Death so much a certainty

    All things fade to shadows grey
    Nothing is truly immortal
    For some meaning we blindly pray
    Before we cross the portal

    And in this life that we know
    The future seems so far away
    Never knowing when we will go,
    We learn to live for the day

    Someday we will be nothing
    Just a memory long since passed
    A footnote not worth mentioning -
    No, not ever meant to last

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    Franziska commented on Transience

    10-16-2010

    I like how you wrote "Nothing is truly immortal For some meaning we blindly pray Before we cross the portal".Very well written!
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    DeepEclipse commented on Transience

    07-09-2010

    Its ironic to me that poetry of pain seems to be more beautiful and/or real than its counter part. Its like we don't like pain, but otherwise, what would we be without it? That venture into the unsafe avenue exposes so much. Perhaps pain faces that which sheltered joy fears....but anyway I speak too much. Enjoyed this read. Up front and to the point.
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    Poetry is not an expression of the party line. It's that time of night, lying in bed, thinking what you really think, making the private world public, that's what the poet does.

    Allen Ginsberg (1926-1997) U.S. poet.

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