What is life?

by Mister 47   Dec 26, 2008


People say that life is a school,
That teaches us all how to not be a fool.
But she is the kind that is not so fair,
You 'll handle more than your share.

Tears upon the years that went by ,
And the happy moments always seem to fly.
If we really want to understand,
What is life for us at the end.

You cannot see the beauty of the beast ,
Or to understand some of it meaning at least.
Sometimes it takes more than a look,
To see what life gave you and what it took.

What is life? It is every moment you live,
Every tear and every smile you give.
It is the big wave we ride every day,
But each of us rides it his own way.

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  • 15 years ago

    by ether

    You'll handle more than your share.
    instead of
    You are to handle more than your share.

    Every tear and every smile you give.
    Instead of
    Every tear you shed and every smile you give.

    "But each of us rides it his own way."
    Each of us rides it our own way.

    I know I'm not a boy and I am in this thing called life, therefore, I believe I should be included ;p

    Just watch your filler words, like "the" "and" "but", you can cut them down and still have the poem make sense.
    I think that's about all I have to add.

  • 15 years ago

    by ether

    Your title annoys me, it should just be "What is life?".
    Aaaand you need punctuation at the end of your lines.
    Also, watch you don't fall into too many cliches in your poetry. The whole 'what is life' is always going to be a cliche, but you can twist it to make it your own a bit more than you have here.
    School and fool is a not that great of a rhyme, just on the side.
    Hmm.
    Sorry this is so harsh, I do agree with what you're saying in there.

  • 15 years ago

    by nina

    As always it's a great poem
    like the great person that you are
    it looks that it has been wrote by a child in the first
    than by a very old wise man
    i loved it
    keep going :::: and the way ur riding the wave is very tallented when it comes to poems
    lol
    i don't like ""dyoun""
    so i payed

  • 15 years ago

    by X Harlea X

    This was excellent Cj, absoultly excellent. everyone has their own way and live their own lives. ((5)) great job
    harlea

  • 15 years ago

    by Mary

    Wow!!! great poem
    I really liked it because of the meaning behind it and becasue of the flow.. It was very short and simple but it had a very good meaning behind it........keep it up
    Great Job :D