"What if to live is to be dead,
And to be dead is but to live."
How vain the claret grief we shed,
If death has nobler life to give.
What if the body is a tomb,
The fertile soil of sacred light;
Upon the temp'ral death, a womb,
From which the spirit soars in flight.
What if the lie that blinds the eye,
Conceals the breadth of treachery?
Unveil the truth, each spirit try,
Regard the Cosmic mystery!
© Copyright 2007 Mattie Sue Dubois (Dark Moon)
"Who knows if to live is to be dead, and to be dead, to live? And we really, it may be, are dead; in fact I once heard sages say that we are now dead, and the body is our tomb ..." [470-399BC,Socrates. Plato,427-347BC) Gorgias 492e]
To Be or Not
© Copyright: Мэтти Дубоис, 2006
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What if the Earth is mere Hell?
(We all were cast but under spell),
And Cerberus keeps watching us
Not let us into Paradise…
Ирина Бебнева 07.07.2008 07:23 • Заявить о нарушении
(We all were cast but under spell),
And Cerberus keeps watching us
Not let us into Paradise…
Ирина Бебнева 07.07.2008 07:23 • Заявить о нарушении
I love your verse and yet I do hope we get into paradise..Thank you....Sue
Мэтти Дубоис 20.07.2008 03:47 Заявить о нарушении
Мэтти Дубоис 20.07.2008 03:47 Заявить о нарушении
Actually, I liked yours one the moment I saw it. But I have such a silly custom to write a line or two in response...
Sorry.
Yours,
Irina
Ирина Бебнева 20.07.2008 17:37 Заявить о нарушении
Sorry.
Yours,
Irina
Ирина Бебнева 20.07.2008 17:37 Заявить о нарушении
No I loved it and I must confess I often do the very same thing. It is wonderful to be so inspired. Hugs Sue
Мэтти Дубоис 29.07.2008 08:57 Заявить о нарушении
Мэтти Дубоис 29.07.2008 08:57 Заявить о нарушении
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