Déjà vu

We are given breath, we die

what fills those pages in between

are the complexities of life

 innuendos of an oblique allusion 

Kismet, fate, or some divine intervention

the paths we take are sometimes vague

is this all predestined or do we 

as humans, determine our fate

Has it been written in the stars long ago

on some crystal clouds or tissue paper,

should we abjure echoes of past?

Is Déjà Vu the very life we've repeated

felt beneath the soul's intrinsic liquid

like hot lava that bubbles and churns

I muse if life is preordained 

Reviews

[DrD]

A unique and interesting theme that is rarely, if ever, touched in poetry. I found Deja vu very interesting and a great read.

A unique and interesting theme that is rarely, if ever, touched in poetry. I found Deja vu very interesting and a great read.

[Frieda P]

hahaha, I think Myrna has driven you bat s**t crazy!

[DIVYA]

Deja vu is a very interesting subject to write on and the questions you raised here have been intriguing men for ages. I believe in past life and repeating situations that bring on deja vu. Loved it.

[Frieda P]

Thanks Divya, I'm not sure what I believe in anymore. ;-)

[DrD]

Bat s**t crazy? You mean like going bananas? Or like going ape s**t? Oh, but that's the same thing, isn't it?

[Frieda P]

I mean like all of the above!!

[David Scott]

As long as we muse...
I enjoyed the write and the musing.
A worthy poetic expression.

[Frieda P]

Thanks David, you keep this up and I'm gonna think you like me. ;-)

[David Scott]

How could you ever think anything else ?
;-)

[Frieda P]

I don't know, just that funny way you love to torture me. ;-)

[Tarry Franck]

I find it interesting too and it's quite a mystery - Great topic to challenge in poetry and you did a wonderful job with it.

[Frieda P]

Thanks Tarry, always much appreciated!

[Tarry Franck]

:)

[Ahmad Cox]

There is a lot of soul and truth in this poem. I really liked it. Thanks for sharing.

[Frieda P]

Thanks for reading Ahmad :-)

[kelvin]

Life is preordained Fate, divine intervention these are things people tend to believe or not believe in that's where for every action there's a opposite reaction or consequence for that action; Reliving things sometimes do tend to come forth doesn't it. as always keep writing fellow writer

[KeeD]

Kismet :D I loved this because in hindi (Indian national language) it means fate,destiny. In Turkish too it means fate. that's awesome I love when poems are bilingual :P "like hot lava that bubbles and churns
I muse if life is preordained" I certainly think it is, I'm not really religious, I do believe in a high power, but I believe him to be a composer or a group of composers playing out our lives like the greatest musical piece ever created, that or we live in a network of parallel universe's, which make our lives go on a loop, playing out differently with a variety of consequences and endings, all in all its bloody deja vu' :P Great write, Adopt me, even better, Marry me! LOL

[Frieda P]

I like your idea of a higher power, maybe I could talk the conductor into leaving me the hell alone for a while....as for the latter, I think that might be in contempt of the commandments, or sacrilegious, something naughty, so I'm game. Where and when? ;-)

[KeeD]

Haha, I'll have to rain check you on that Misses P, today, just for today I'm going to be a good boy. Congratulations on Top Writer for today by the way, no one deserves it more than you

[Frieda P]

Ugh, deeply wounded to the core!

And thanks muchly my dear friend :-)

[Baby Ricochet]

I think I read this before.

[MOON]

The question of life , Deja Vu one of them, you have alluded to them all , beautiful write , there are moments in life when you think yes this is pre ordained , written in the stars..lovely write.

[quinfinn]

that's right. you've figured it out. life is a lava lamp. inside of a parachute....in a black light poster in velvet of card playing dogs....actaully, that's all b/s. i really like this write and i am a firm believer in deja vu. well done...

[KAOlmsted]

Déjà Vu is one of those too-rare treats that life offers...that fleeting moment when everything around you is...familiar...even if it's a new experience. This was a terrific piece, Frieda...full of questions that should certainly be pondered. Thanks so much for posting this.