Life

Life isn’t about happiness
good feelings
gay times
or magic moments
there is no after-life
where a reward awaits for a life-time of suffering

There is now
There is feeling
pain
sorrow
boredom
misery
striving
hope
a myriad of things
and sometimes
nothing at all

There is no eternal truth
that orders the world
gives purpose to suffering
rewards the good
punishes the bad
But there is meaning where me make it
truth where we find it
and purpose in the striving

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