PostPoems Be Artistic. Be Creative. Be Inspired!

<p>The question I pose to myself is how does one sum life up?&nbsp; How would you be able to communicate “life” to someone?</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I’ve been foolish and rational</p><p>I’ve created and destroyed<br />I’ve guided, have been guided, and have ignored guidance<br />I’ve been reckless, I’ve been cautious<br />I’ve been selfless &amp; selfish<br />I’ve been brave, and have been afraid<br />I’ve led and followed<br />I’ve been a friend, have many friends, and have been a foe<br />I’ve have been truthful, lied, and have been lied to<br />I’ve been compassionate, and unsympathetic<br />I’ve been serious and funny<br />I’ve felt agony, love, pain, and remorse<br />I’ve dealt with hardship, heartache, heartbreak<br />I’ve felt happiness, sadness, and indifference<br />I’ve learned many lessons, some more than once<br />I’ve made many, many, many mistakes and had many triumphs<br />I’ve loved unconditionally.<br />I’ve traveled extensively<br />I’ve had many blessings<br />I’ve seen miracles<br />I’ve mourned<br />I’ve celebrated<br />I’ve felt what others feel, some call it empathy…</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>What I’ve just written we’ve likely all, at one point or another felt, been through, etc…&nbsp; Many of these things perhaps some would not like to admit to themselves or others…&nbsp; But it’s the experience of life.&nbsp; As a matter of fact I could go on, and on until the end of time with these statements.&nbsp; Unfortunately none of these simple words could ever possibly fully explain the scenario, situation, emotion, feeling, or condition it’s intended to convey.&nbsp; End the end it’s simply lost in translation, the word(s) cannot possibly come close to it’s intended use.&nbsp; It’s a part of it perhaps, but there is certainly a large part simply lost in translation.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Perhaps these are all the rants of a madman…&nbsp; Perhaps I’m trying to sum something up within myself that simply cannot be equated to the sum of something.&nbsp; An uneasiness, unsettled, unrealized internal struggle that has been going on within me for many years an still continues as I type.&nbsp; I’ve found that music is the closest translation for what I’m trying to get at here…&nbsp; Unfortunately there is no music for what I’m trying to explain right now so I must endeavor to type these words and try to explain that which is simply unexplainable.</p>