Live today

Life is running, oft amending,

Chased by death our ghastly friend.

Twisting, turning, jumping, bending,

Caught by death, our lonely friend.

 

What is life but famished moments,

Food for greedy hungry time?

Times of joy and times of torment;

Times of voiceless pantomime.

 

Permanence is but illusion;

Broken by reality.

Circumstances mould emotions,

Caring not for parity.

 

Life is fleeting; often meeting

Thoughts with sullen reverie.

Stop debating, start defeating

Gloom by joyful memories.

 

By the minute, by the second,

Death protracts its tentacles.

Till the final caller beckons,

Strive against your obstacles.

 

Life is short and death is shorter;

Make the best use of today.

When we die, there is no barter;

Spend no time on yesterdays.

Reviews

[Devons]

This poem really flourishes with poetic eloquence and lyrical dexterity. The sentiment of its theme is one known of old, and though we seem cursed as humans never to be able to heed such advice, we are still yet destined to maintain such platitudes: 'hope springs eternal', as the man said. But in this sense you have created a work of art that transcends this cliche, and does so with a memorably epigrammatic panache which compels one to quote such lines as:
"What is life but famished moments,
Food for greedy hungry time?"
and:
"Life is fleeting; often meeting
Thoughts with sullen reverie."
Excellent.

[Molafvt]

This is superb Abdul and says it like it is. No doubt your chosen profession offers a reality which few are privileged to. This is something we should all ascribe to. I loved every single stanza, but this seems to sum it all up in very succinct and straight forward manner.

"Life is fleeting; often meeting

Thoughts with sullen reverie.

Stop debating, start defeating

Gloom by joyful memories."

Bravo dude-Bravo..............!!

[KidJunior]

Damn dude, good work man.. good work.

[mystique]

i love the ending

[Poetry Girl]

"twisting, turning, jumping, bending" i liked that line a lot. it sticks out from the rest of the poem. this is a really great poem. sorry if i dont really know what else to say about it. but its very good and kinda sad. but its like, death is going to come, but thats tomorrow (or when ever it really is in the future) so why sit and worry about yesterday? if that makes any sence what-so-ever.

[deeps]

I really enjoyed this write. You have put alot of emotion in this write.

[ScarlettTheDreamer]

Life in the smallest package! 'Circumstances mould emotions,
Caring not for parity.' that line keeps ringing inside my head. I wish everyone could understand that we only do things due to circumstances. As ever, I really really really like this.

[Dinesh Sairam]

I'm really surprised you've written a poem as such. I'm the one who usually writes on philosophical tendencies of life and love :P Seems like I inspired you :P If I'm not mistaken, some of the lines seem to be in meter and others not. Well, it'd be better if it's fully metrified (If you have time that is). A good poem, I'd say :) Keep writing.