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Life Bereft of Virtue

I strain to hear what the birds are saying,
the birds give me the finger and fly away.

I compare bakul flowers with hibiscus;
yet these two different species mock me daily,
making it clear:
life is not about comparison!

Even while laughing I realize laughter alone cannot explain happiness;
while running I understand how desperately I needed
to stand still and let the sweet evening sun soak into my skin.

I am a man who bought gold and sold security, brother!
What more is there for anyone to teach me?

I hoard time from those close to me and squander it on strangers;
yet now in this final hour I cannot find
a single person to carry my corpse!

What do I do now!?
Is there really no way left to begin again?

My life has filled up with mistakes.

Now, if I take the value
of my mistaken birth as zero,
and multiply life by that zero, the answer comes...
oh, zero again!
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