Inbetween Light And Darkness

[DoomGaze]

Inbetween Light And Darkness

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Inbetween light and darkness

Exists an illusionary line.

It is where paths cross,

Where the good and evil intertwine.

 

Sometimes, I wander this path,

In search of many things.

To cross the Realm of Shadows

And see what the concealed brings.

 

On my left holds eternal darkness

And on my right, lies the purity of light.

Both hold their own ups and downs,

But which one is truly right?

 

I shall let the winds of Destiny howl,

And determine my unpredictable fate.

Will they lead me to happiness?

Or keep me in a world of hate?

 

My mind asks too many unanswerable questions,

And it leaves me in this blurry void.

I continue, floating helplessly to my "doom".

The outcome, I cannot avoid.

Edited June 20, 2003 by DoomGaze

[Parmenion]

Goodie - I just had to post some thoughts on this one as to what I read in the poem itself; which I enjoyed. There are parts where I thought - should that go there but I don't know enough to comment on those aspects. I want to comment on what I read the idea to be

 

The unanswerable question(s) I felt were posed by this piece was "Is there a point to life?" and if so "What is it?" In other words that age old question of "What's the meaning of life?" or more to the point..."Whats the meaning of my life?" After all, we are all of us unique. The reason this struck a chord so deeply for me to respond in length (apologies btw ), is because I was musing with a similar question recently even though I thought I had it all worked out. Its good to re-ask some questions of oneself sometimes IMO.

 

Philosophical questions such as these have been debated throughout the ages from the first great Greek lads as we know and yet still we futiliy struggle to answer them. There will never truly be an end-game or all encompassing answer, not in our lifetimes anyway! So we can either accept that there is no real point other than procreation (spelling?), for such is the way of nature outside our civilization. We can seek the answers we want through religion which some do in the hope that this is not all there is, or that we have other chances to come back to achieve the answers to the questions we seek if we don't do it in this lifetime. Such are possible paths (obviously there are for more reasons for religion etc.. than just to answer these questions - twas just an example).

 

I think the question itself is flawed. We know the eventual outcome (in a practical sense - we can always rely on Pascal's Wager if we have any doubts ). This is only my opinion, but the question that should be asked is "What do I want the meaning of life to be for me?". It alleviates all that stress and ultimately inconsequential debating on a subject on which has been discussed since man pretty much began thinking on such things. The answer decided upon should be practical and achievable. The reason I say "should" is because I believe that when we are old we will have a lot of time to reflect (hopefully), and we will spend a lot of time thinking back on our lives. The questions at that stage that we will ask ourselves are not "What is the meaning of life?" but more likely "Am I happy with how I lived mine?". In another sense - are we comfortable with our views on the world at that stage, after all we have spent our lives living a certain way (by certain meanings).

 

The idea behind that way of thought is peace of mind and an epitaph which will read "no regrets" (in principal). Some might say that it side-steps and doesn't address the true painful challenge and grit of the essence of the question; I would argue that it surpasses it.

 

Sorry I have ranted all over your poem. I enjoyed it and for me to post so long - it definitely made me think and talk! Bravo!

[Ayshela]

hmm..

very insightful, the both of you.

thank you.

 

wanders away humming and mumbling to herself