your life is your life
don’t let it be clubbed into dank submission.
be on the watch.
there are ways out.
there is a light somewhere.
it may not be much light but
it beats the darkness.
be on the watch.
the gods will offer you chances.
know them.
take them.
you can’t beat death but
you can beat death in life, sometimes.
and the more often you learn to do it,
the more light there will be.
your life is your life.
know it while you have it.
you are marvelous
the gods wait to delight
in you.
- Charles Bukowski
This poem touched me in an incredible, profound way. Maybe even more so because I saw it read by Tom Waits. Sometimes I can't help but hear songs, or poems, words in general, and feel like they concern me more than others. Like I was meant to hear them, and take them to heart.
I must admit, I'm not much of a poetry reader. I do have my favorites, like old Haféz-poems or poems written by one of my absolute favorite Norwegian writers Lars Saabye Christensen. I should read more poetry.
