Go (but not the way of the dodo)

There’s a way that’s called existence
it’s a follow-up on life
but whatever we think that life is
should it not be nigh?

I’ve seen about it written
I’ve heard the tales and songs
so I know that it is out there
that for which I long.

But I never had the pleasure
of feeling I exist
whether in thralls of life or love
it was something that I missed.

So I went searching high and low
through the rights and through the wrongs
till I thought I found the answer
but they were questions all along.

“But what is it? This existence?
Just something that objectively persists?
Independence of our presence?
Is it something we can dis?

Is it the nature of being?
A reality in general?
A perception of what’s around us?
A reality in all?

Do we just exist or do we just say we exist?
Is existence just that question answered?

There’s this thing that’s called existence
it’s said to be a part of life
but whatever it’s a part of
it’s a must for being alive.

I’ve read about the unlife
like the dodo and its peers
they were snuffed out from existence
and life they no longer fear.

There’s a lesson to be learned there
we should not be afraid to exist
for if we let our fears rule
then life we will have missed.

So climb the mountain of your being
don’t test the waters, jump and dive
let your heart love and your mind free
go, exist, live life!

Daniel L. Raven | Wordsmith