happy new year

why do we pay for the privilege to die?
why do we search for ways to occupy our time,
only to find, in the end,
that the ending is meaningless?

why do we search for meaning
in empty church halls,
darkened smoke filled bars
and offices filled with fake personalities?

"i think i let the world kill my true self,
and i don't know who i really am anymore"


why do pay for the privilege to die?
and where did i put that bottle?
(i think i lost my soul
in the midst of my search for happiness)

"three, two, one...
happy new year, everyone!"


5/15/15




Poetry by Thomas Perdue The PoetBay support member heart!
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Written on 2015-05-31 at 23:18

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Jamsbo Rockda The PoetBay support member heart!
This is very good. And it is a feeling that many would share. I hate new year myself, it only reminds me of death.
2015-06-03


one trick pony The PoetBay support member heart!
sometimes it all seems so ridiculously futile.
2015-06-01



I like Steinbeck's thought on life that it's not we who take the journey, but the journey that takes us. happy new year!! :-)
~Ashe
2015-06-01