Im Agnostic (Warning* Some explicit language)

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writedis
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Fri Dec 05, 2008 10:30 pm

Im agnostic.

I question if I should keep chasing
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A Bastard son that don’t believe in
Fathers.
I want a paternity test!
A Diagnostic.
Something scientific,
Give me proof GOD damn it!

But

Why these feelings?
Why love?
Why cry?
Why fuck, sleep and die?
What IS the meaning of life?

Aaargghh...
My head spins on its axis
like the exorcist.
Who?
Oh, forget it.
I think Im schizophrenic.

Im in two minds,
all I know is that I exist
Now.
And
when I sleep Im oblivious,
maybe its like that when we die?

Maybe.
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Sat Dec 06, 2008 9:37 am

Writedis

This reminds me of my own questioning that I went through at quite an early age.
I thought the first stanza had enough ambiguity for one to ponder multiple issues around the subject.
For me it’s simple, the now is captivating and at times like heaven is described, if there is something after it will be an appreciated bonus, if not I will have maxed it out in this one.
A very thoughtful subject, with no commonality in any particular answer, perhaps savour it all and grasp the tangible. I like this.

Many thanks

Danté
to anticipate touching what is unseen seems far more interesting than seeing what the hand can not touch
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Sat Dec 06, 2008 10:29 am

I think Im schizophrenic.

Im in two minds


I like that a lot. As a whole, this is probably not so much a poem as the recording of a state of mind that might lead to a poem, but good questions, and some decent half-answers (and further questions).

Cheers

David
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Sun Dec 07, 2008 3:37 pm

writedis

I think you could have stopped after the first stanza. After that its more like a series of notes.

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Mon Dec 08, 2008 12:27 am

Thank you for your thoughts everyone, will take it all on board.
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