O Me! O life!... of the questions of these recurring;
Of the endless trains of the faithless—of cities fill’d with the foolish;
Of myself forever reproaching myself, (for who more foolish than I, and who more faithless?)
Of eyes that vainly crave the light—of the objects mean—of the struggle ever renew’d;
Of the poor results of all—of the plodding and sordid crowds I see around me;
Of the empty and useless years of the rest—with the rest me intertwined;
The question, O me! so sad, recurring—What good amid these, O me, O life?
Answer.
That you are here—that life exists, and identity;
That the powerful play goes on, and you will contribute a verse.
Miraculously then, Malistaire disappeared into smoke, black and wicked, blending into the night surrounding them without an explanation as to why. He left me alone with questions. He left me alone in the hell of which he created. I was left with the ashes and blood of my family, the newly found discrimination from the world, without a home, and the beginning of a war on my hands. But that’s not the worst part. It was the fact that it was the beginning that frightened me.
Tuesday, October 11, 2011
One of my favorite poems :)
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