Deeper Meaning

There is no meaning in life

The only meaning is that will fall over the corpses of our ancestors in time

Stumbling over the same mistakes

Tripping over the same tombstones

Dying the same lives

If that is enough for you

I suppose even in failure we can find meaning

Even the faults in our perfectionism must be beautiful

And sadness sweetens with its sour eulogy

Maybe all the euphorias in the world comes from the idea of a depression so deep you cannot dig yourself out of its burl

Out of its grasping branches; gnarled with the bark to keep bitter cold of winter’s pit out of one’s core

Maybe if you can make music out of silence and nothingness, and grow daffodils on the cliffside

Maybe if you don’t see the big picture, but still have eyes

Maybe if you doubt the ones who came before you, because they could not appreciate the art of our existence

And pity them in their stupor and their needless sorrow; god be damned

Maybe you are a madman

Maybe money grows on trees

Maybe man is god

Maybe I was wrong

Author's Note

I promise I read every single review, and I generally will reply to them. I look forward to my next review, because it helps me learn. Even if it's just one word, I promise, I will be happy to hear anything you feel needs sharing. Whenever you write on my shortcomings or breakthroughs, or the themes of my poems, or share ideas and friendly criticism, it decides my next poem to an extent. I will listen, learn and be thankful. And 99% of the time, you'll get a reply unless you're trolling me.

Reviews

[Kay Salisu Titilola]

This is a beautiful Truth, R.J.
This is what we are all facing all over the world.
We think we are developing and correcting the old mistake not knowing that we are only making the same mistake in an advanced way.
Some things are inevitable, they are always meant to be the same.