Monday, June 21, 2010

03: Contemplations

Is this world a true reality
or is it all just a dream?
Are we to dwell in a fantasy
and to live as we deem?
The sky above and the earth below
forever seem unchanged.
Yet of this world we know
time makes all things estranged.
All things are relative in the mind;
good and bad, black and white.
Concrete truths are hard to find:
How dark is dark, how light is light?
Now try to ponder this
on why we all exist.
Ah! how ignorance can be bliss
as thoughts hide in fog and mist.
A final contemplation I confer to you,
a riddle of ancient philosophies.
To each person there's another view,
adding to this enigma of mysteries.
Is this world ruled by destiny
and free will a mere illusion?
What is thy notion on the powers that be?
Your answers determine thy conclusion.

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