The Inexplicableness Of The World

[Nux]

Seconds tick away,
and the minutes go by.
The hours, then the days,
finally the years, it's a lie.

Time flies so fast,
not much longer will we last.
The horrid fact that I'm trying to deny
is that like seeds, pretty soon, we'll be cast.

All over the world,
it's depressing to think,
that in a matter of years,
we'll be apart, without a link.

We spend so much time,
making acquaintances and building friendships.
In the end, what's it all for?
Will we even know the people we were friends with?

If you come to think about it,
the world is huge, no doubt about it.
We'll be here and there, pretty much everywhere,
but nowhere near each other. It doesn't fit.

Now imagine us spread out,
in many random places.
In a world filled with scorn,
and many unfamiliar faces.

I do not understand,
why things have to be this way.
But nothing's gonna change,
No matter what I say.

It seems so pointless,
living life for the moment.
Because soon the moments will pass away,
giving way only to torment.

There has to be a reason,
a reason for us to live.
To live in this world as the time goes by,
to continue to give and forgive.

We strive to help others,
We treat them like our brothers.
But why do we do the things we do?
Is this our life or is there another?

I am constantly there for others,
but am a failure to my own mother.
Why oh why can I always help others,
but cannot get my own self together?

The answer is thus,
there's no way out for us,
We live in a really cruel world,
that offers more questions than answers.

Rarely are we ever rewarded,
for all the good things we have selflessly started.
And the friendships that have eagerly begun,
might be inexistent by the time we have departed.

~Reino Sammeta, 1/24/05