Inevitabilities

how much space

 if there's only room for everyone's grave...

how many days

 if there's only time for everything's end...

how does it end

 if it's already started

where do we go

 if we've already left

what's coming next

 and where is it coming from

what are the rules

 and is this a game

would you play with me anyway

 if you had only one try

Author's Note

Reviews

[Laz K.]

"what are the rules
and is this a game"
These are questions we can't get answers to, I'm afraid. There's a plethora of metaphors for life and/or love and depending on what stage we're in, we can take our pick. The title expresses the only certainty: whether a game or not, we inevitably have to participate in it.

[Davidgeo]

It's probably a game, even if it it's not, I'm gonna have as much fun as possible before it ends.

[Fran Marie]

how much space
days and when it
all ends,.all a game?
maybe so..none of us
know what's next .and
if we're cremated ( my choice)
can one be resurrected
your poem gives pause
for readers to ponder these
many questions while reading

well done Dave

[Davidgeo]

if resurrection's a real thing (i don't think it is), I would think you could be cremated and still come back because life/consciousness would be more like a mental/spiritual type of thing instead of a physical one. To be honest, I think it all just kinda ends eventually for everybody. When and how is what truly makes us an individual (for better or for worse). Or maybe we live forever and always come back as our pets. Thanks for stopping by.

[Fran Marie]

you're so welcome; haha yeah
coming back as my cat Lucky :)

[Davidgeo]

Yeah, ha... we should definitely spoil our pets just in case.

[Carlos Lorenzo Estrada]

I enjoyed your poem with each line answering in the inevitable. Very imaginatively written. Thank you for sharing your work.