Nosy Mortal Monologue
Why is our living just part of our dying
and why must our failures be part of our trying?
Who made up this game and who’s throwing the dice?
Why do we play on, no matter the price?
How can men worship this ultimate gamesman
who gives us our faults and then unfairly blames man
for acting the way he’s created to be?
Why aren’t we given mind power to see
how something so seemingly unfair might tend
to all turn for the best when it comes to the end?
Could it be that our dying is part of our living?
That somehow our getting is tied to our giving?
Does Karma exist? Does Heaven or Hell?
Does the Universe know, and will it ever tell?
A question poem for dVerse Poets
lifelessons - a blog by Judy Dykstra-Brown 
Good questions. Let me know if you find any answers.
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Of course. i share all of my solutions!!!
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Nice sound in the poem. I liked this line: “That somehow our getting is tied to our giving?”
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Thanks, Frank.
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I should have added that it is absolutely necessary that this not be a conscious thing.. which is perhaps a clue as to why we are kept in the dark.
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V. nice – I like the rhyme in ‘gamesman’ to ‘…blames man’.
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I know. Stretching it a bit, but then, a challenge met! That’s actually what I like about rhyming––the gamesmanship.
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This is a wonderful and scary line of thought… many of us share the concerns when the contrasts are raised and line are drawn…
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Thought provoking for sure.
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From one of my favorite bands, Round Mountain:
“It is impossible
But we keep trying
To separate
The living and the dying.”
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Great lines.
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I firmly believe our “getting is tied to our giving” and what we put out into the universe returns to us. Your poem is thoughtful and thought-provoking.
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Thanks, Bev. Can’t help but wish that some will get what’s coming to them. Not a very zen attitude.
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I like the ending. Nice job!
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I love your excellent rhyming in this, especially ‘gamesman’ and ‘blames man’.
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That was rather show-offy, don’t you think? I’ll do anything for a rhyme.
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I love it!
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If I’m ever in the neighborhood, for sure.
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This is really well structured, which adds to its power. wisdom
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The last question is the ultimate question. Supposedly at the end of days, all is revealed. 🙂
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LATE to the reading. Apologies!
Loving especially the title to this. Great response to the prompt. “Could it be that a dying is part of our living?” Ah the question pondered by so many….answered in the minds of so many theologians and philosophers and yet…… I read somewhere that the only incessant movement begins at birth and continues until death. It is a trip where very few want to reach the destination.
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A very interesting closing statement, Lillian, and so true.
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