III.II

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An odd day for this sentiment

Though it may lack any grace or eloquence:

'Life is a b***h, 

And we all do die'

Despite any inherent benevolence

In retaining air within lungs

And despite the inherent malevolence

Of being born into a meat grinder

Just to exhaust that breath 

on the necessity of "the grind"

But despite that duality

There is this strange thing called hope

That in the past I've plainly called ill begotten

Plainly

Because what is hope if not a carrot on a string 

Leading us blindly toward some intangible future

That with "luck"... is better than whatever present

We may be so blatantly stuck in now

But again despite that

If hope is the carrot

Than death is obviously the stick

You either run from death

Or towards the future

The grave or the skyline.

To declare that you're somewhere in between

Is to declare that you have yet to be familiarized

With what it may be like to die

For I promise you, all those that have seen it

Have either taken full and complete flight

Or succumbed to the allure of letting go

There is no in between in the face of non-existence

And if you argue otherwise

Than you are part of that lucky majority

That have not been forced to confront

What is between you and the almighty.

Now on that note I am no christian 

And on that note I'd rather equate hope

To peace of mind before I do heaven.

I'd rather chase hope peacefully

Than run from a fear of hell

But under either circumstance 

The implication is to get your feet moving

For if there really is an in between,

For all those that are not living in some sort of ignorant bliss

Or for all those who have come to terms with their inevitable mortality

Than the in between is simply standing still

Standing still or floating 

Down the river of consciousness 

That we all perceive to be swimming in

My advice then 

And the reason I'm writing this morning,

Is to state: 

That it's better to run

Than to ride the current.

That it's better to fight

Than to lay down and die. 

And that it's better to understand why

Before leading a life uselessly dissatisfied.