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WHY?
(My two cents regarding the "Ending Self Destruction" competition)
Inspired by:
“I will no longer mutilate and destroy myself in order to find a secret behind the ruins.”
― Hermann Hesse
When someone I trust
one who’s been to hell
just barely escaping
tells me don’t go there
yet I still plan a visit
by what madness am I driven?
Am I so audacious?
believing that I am impervious
when my path is strewn
with ruined lives
annihilated souls
survivors left lonely
It is not a weakness
to learn from other’s mistakes
but still I thrust my hand in the fire
I’m not ready to die
paradoxically I do all I can
to speed death’s coming
Though not by me
I am loved
no external reason exists
to warrant self-destruction
how vain am I to argue
that I am irrelevant?
Hence the comprehensible
ludicrous nature
of self-loathing
Inspired by:
“I will no longer mutilate and destroy myself in order to find a secret behind the ruins.”
― Hermann Hesse
When someone I trust
one who’s been to hell
just barely escaping
tells me don’t go there
yet I still plan a visit
by what madness am I driven?
Am I so audacious?
believing that I am impervious
when my path is strewn
with ruined lives
annihilated souls
survivors left lonely
It is not a weakness
to learn from other’s mistakes
but still I thrust my hand in the fire
I’m not ready to die
paradoxically I do all I can
to speed death’s coming
Though not by me
I am loved
no external reason exists
to warrant self-destruction
how vain am I to argue
that I am irrelevant?
Hence the comprehensible
ludicrous nature
of self-loathing
Published 4th Sep 2015
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4th Sep 2015 11:20pm
GW a masterfully inked out thoughts and questions about why we do what we do..
I'm still searching for those answers..
may you find them on your journey..
with love and respect Crim
I'm still searching for those answers..
may you find them on your journey..
with love and respect Crim
4th Sep 2015 11:27pm
As I grow older I understand, with ever greater clarity, this quote by Plato:
“To conquer oneself is the best and noblest victory; to be vanquished by one's own nature is the worst and most ignoble defeat.”
Thank you Crim for your empathetic comments! Love is the answer, don't you think?
“To conquer oneself is the best and noblest victory; to be vanquished by one's own nature is the worst and most ignoble defeat.”
Thank you Crim for your empathetic comments! Love is the answer, don't you think?
