What you lived for

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What you lived for

We are all given a life
Given to death
And some are
Brought back
With a reviving breath

We all wander knowing
Not knowing
Always searching
And some are
Finding out who they are

We all whish for better
Discover the worst
And some discovers
That they can choose
If they win or lose

We all want what we can’t have
What we could have had
But few do
Get what they can get
Make their lives set

We all dream of happiness
Of the better version
And some people dream
Of what they could have been
And of how their life is a win

And now I wonder
Who are you?
What path are you walking?
What do you wish for?
Whose happiness are you stalking?
And what do you dream for?
And what life
Is flowing
Through that
Hourglass

We are all born
And mostly we are torn
Some of us are heartbroken
Others words were never spoken
And all of us will die
And I wonder why
You lived a lie

As you never knew who you were
And you walked an invisible road
And your wishes were always false
That happiness you stalked never showed
Your life came to an end
And you never dreamt an honest dream
Of either chocolate milk or whipped cream
You never wished for peace
Of hamburgers with melt cheese
You never asked for either drugs or booze
And never between coke and sprite did you choose

Who were you, nobody
What path did you walk, none
What did you wish for, nothing
Did you search happiness, no
And what dreams passed through you?
Not a single one

And tragic is, you never loved
You were never loved

So what did you live for?
You never lived

What do we live for?
At least we live
We wish and dream
And hope and choose
Some win, some lose
At least we tried
Laughed and cried
Was born and torn
Fed, slept and then dead
At least we lived
Even though we died
"Some say the world will end in fire;
Some say in ice.
From what I've tasted of desire
I hold with those who favor fire.
But if it had to perish twice,
I think I know enough of hate
To say that for destruction ice
Is also great
And would suffice." - Robert Frost




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I found the message behind our poem immensely fascinating and i really liked our use of rhetoric- it made me ponder on the message you were trying to portray and, I believe, gave me a better understanding.
However I wasn't too keen on how you laid out your stanza and lines. As I felt at times especially with your uses on enjambment the poem became difficult to read. Although the disappointment of the sentence structures did add to the meaning in part I just thought on the whole a little over done.
Moreover I'm not so keen on the constant rhyming couplets but I don't know I think that's just a personal nit pick :P
But on the whole very well done keep it up, you clearly put a lot of thought into your work. :)




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Hm... yes, I'm pretty strict with rhymes and don't think of how the lines turn out sometimes... but i'm aware.. ;) Thanxx for the reply anyways
// Hugs and Hearts from Sagaa
"Some say the world will end in fire;
Some say in ice.
From what I've tasted of desire
I hold with those who favor fire.
But if it had to perish twice,
I think I know enough of hate
To say that for destruction ice
Is also great
And would suffice." - Robert Frost



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