I Love Life! Poem by William Jackson

I Love Life!

Rating: 4.1


although death is.
although death is
the great leveler,
Life continues on
forever,
and
even in death
we become one
with the great
unconscious stream
of Life that formed
and continues to form
all living things.

we do not have to die
to be with God;
the kingdom of God
is now!

we just have
to have eyes
to see it.

what if
there is
really
nothing
but the good,
and our job
is to find it
and dwell
on it
rather than
on knowing
the difference
between good
and evil?

perhaps we
are meant to
only know
the good.

perhaps evil is
only a vacuum
that exists in
our exclusion
of the one Life
that formed us.

perhaps God,
Life, is as
close as
our breath,
and we only
have to choose
to dwell in
that Life
to experience
it.

COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Kavitha Krishnamurthy 20 November 2006

That was a good one. I enjoyed it very much...

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Ruby Root 26 September 2006

Hi William, I think God is really close to us. If we want to believe it or not. I think we choose to be good or evil. This is a chose that us humans make for ourselves. We all get off the wrong track, but I believe if you are truly good you will get back on it. Excellent poem, great values in this poem.

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Kee Thampi 03 September 2006

become one with the great unconscious stream of Life that formed and continues to form all living things. oneness is the great message of love and life

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Dee Daffodil 06 August 2006

Nicely written...interesting style

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Pia Andersson 26 July 2006

This poem gives me so much joy, you remind me of that I can choose life and joy..instead of focus on avaiding what is bad...A beautiful poem from you-Pia

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Bolah Lawal 05 August 2012

You stirred yet another view, of good and evil and what our focus in life should be. I like, nice piece.

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William Jackson 17 March 2012

In reference to the philosophical underpinnings of my own poem. I have thought this through, and while I certainly believe our focus should be to dwell on the one Life- (God) , who formed us, it is foolish to think that there is no such thing as concrete evil. Just as each of us can choose to follow the life principal of Acts 17: 28 of 'For in him we live and move and have our being, individuals can choose to live a life of exclusion from interacting with or being in the flow of the Spirit of God and can choose to be incarnations of evil. There is no other explanation for Adolph Hitler, serial killers, etc.

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Francis Duggan 08 January 2008

Very good thought provoking poem this one William and so true great work

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Permanent Daylight 05 June 2007

is this a response to cummings' poem 'dying is fine) but Death'? It's very well-written.

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Melvina Germain 29 April 2007

The kingdom of God is now, a very profound statement indeed. Yes if you look around you on any given day, you will surely see God at work for all existence is created by the Holy Master and put forth for all to enjoy. The existence of good and evil will always exit, the good thing is we have the ability to make our own choice in this precious life, their's nothing abstract about it, it's very simply what it is good is good and evil is evil. Even in words, we can see the answer. Simply take the o out of good and what do we have, add the d to evil and what do we see. I love your poem, it's very interesting and thought provoking. Thanyou for the read---Melvina---

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