Life?

Life?

A Poem by Angad Waraich
"

To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all

"

I walk out,

To see the world,

Barely alive!

I see people,

Rushing by,

Everyone’s so preoccupied,

Having forgotten to breathe and appreciate life?

Living each day like the cycle of a clock,

Eat, sleep, work, REPEAT!

Until they are withered and find it’s time to say goodbye.

 

Dying in the past,

Living in the future,

Is this truly all there is to life?

I see pain,

I see hope,

  But never any joy.

 

Are we truly enslaved to money, greed and lies?

 

Can we slow down just for a night?

To lay underneath the open sky,

And put down the burden we carry in our fragile hearts and minds,

As we stare into the starry infinite.

Can we let ourselves feel?

The sun as it warms our soul,

The song by the birds that calms the raging tempest hidden beneath our mask pretentious smiles,

The rain as it washes away all the worry buried deep inside.

Can we live in today?

Can we even try?

To slow down and look at the small things in life,

So they can bring back all the love we buried,

As we walked deeper into the labyrinth of this illusion we now call life.

 

Will we ever know what it is to be alive?

Or are we doomed to be entrapped in this cobweb of lies,

Until the moment we sleep never again to rise?


© 2014 Angad Waraich


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Angad Waraich
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Excellent job on this one! I fortunately figured this one out at a young age... that while money gives us freedom to explore possibilities in our society, it can also enslave us to a future without these possibilities. I used to make about three-times as much money as I do now; but I quit that path in life, and have yet to regret it for a single moment. I was miserable, and my mind was unable to explore anything beyond mind-numbing work and exhaustion. When I try to explain just how empty the pursuit of wealth is, they just don't get it... Why would I turn my back on 'success'? You sum it up so well right here! It is amazing how different our lives can be by simply taking time to step back and really examine our priorities... It can be the difference between being trapped in the surreal absurdity of society, as if a protagonist in a Franz Kafka story... and having the poignant connection with a greater existence as if we live and die in the covers of Nikos Kazantzaki's works.

Posted 9 Years Ago


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Angad Waraich

9 Years Ago

Thank you reading and appreciating.
Also for sharing, though i am yet to start earning i am we.. read more



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i really like it, well penned.

Posted 9 Years Ago


"Having forgotten to breathe and appreciate life?
Living each day like the cycle of a clock,
Eat, sleep, work, REPEAT!"

So strong, I really liked it. Sorry my comments suck...I have never been good at commenting


Posted 9 Years Ago


Angad Waraich

9 Years Ago

No problems!
Thank you for taking the time out to review!
Angad Waraich

9 Years Ago

No problems!
Thank you for taking the time out to review!
So nice to read! Thank you for sharing:)

Posted 9 Years Ago


Angad Waraich

9 Years Ago

Thank you Patricia.
starry infinite.
Until the moment we sleep never again to rise?
The sun as it warms our soul,
LOVE THESE LINES!
I often think about this and I just so LOVE this poem! It brings out all my thought so properly that I can almost completely connect to it! ;) You rock!

Posted 9 Years Ago


Angad Waraich

9 Years Ago

Hey! Thank you so much for your kind words. :)
Khyati

9 Years Ago

^_^ Yes, of course!
An amazing piece of writing...I could actually feel the sun's warmth and the soothing rain while reading your poem! ' To slow down and look at the small things in life' so true..something which we often forget to do..
will we ever know what is it to be alive!
Beautifully expressed :)


Posted 9 Years Ago


Angad Waraich

9 Years Ago

Thank you so much for taking the time to read this poem it is much appreciated.
Can we even try?
To slow down and look at the small things in life,
So they can bring back all the love we buried,
As we walked deeper into the labyrinth of this illusion we now call life.

Beautiful write and it is when we slow down that we truly discovered the greatest thing:)

Posted 9 Years Ago


Angad Waraich

9 Years Ago

Thank you so much for reading and appreciation.
Brilliant Angad...

"As we stare into the starry infinite.
Can we let ourselves feel?"

These lines are vivid and thought invoking....and the question you ask here has unfortunately no positive answer but would really be amazing if I could ever answer that as a bold "YES"


Posted 9 Years Ago


Angad Waraich

9 Years Ago

Hey!
Thanks for stopping by.
A very impressive and well written poem. It ask a very important question. Sadly, I don't think the answer today or tomorrow is yes, we can slow down and just enjoy life. Not the way the world is set up, and has been for long centuries. But we can dream and hope, then maybe it can be.

Posted 9 Years Ago


Angad Waraich

9 Years Ago

Thank you.
Excellent job on this one! I fortunately figured this one out at a young age... that while money gives us freedom to explore possibilities in our society, it can also enslave us to a future without these possibilities. I used to make about three-times as much money as I do now; but I quit that path in life, and have yet to regret it for a single moment. I was miserable, and my mind was unable to explore anything beyond mind-numbing work and exhaustion. When I try to explain just how empty the pursuit of wealth is, they just don't get it... Why would I turn my back on 'success'? You sum it up so well right here! It is amazing how different our lives can be by simply taking time to step back and really examine our priorities... It can be the difference between being trapped in the surreal absurdity of society, as if a protagonist in a Franz Kafka story... and having the poignant connection with a greater existence as if we live and die in the covers of Nikos Kazantzaki's works.

Posted 9 Years Ago


1 of 1 people found this review constructive.

This comment has been deleted by the poster.
Angad Waraich

9 Years Ago

Thank you reading and appreciating.
Also for sharing, though i am yet to start earning i am we.. read more
Will we ever know what it is to be alive? A great question. I completely agree with you - being alive is different than living. Taking time for the little beauties in life can be so rewarding...just a walk on the beach in the evening can make the whole day worthwhile...

Love you poem!
:) julie



Posted 9 Years Ago


Angad Waraich

9 Years Ago

Thank you for reading my friend it is most apprecited.

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