Life in Poetry

Recently, before the mid-semester break, I instructed my BEL130 students to reflect on their life. I asked them how they feel about life. I received a few interesting answers. I would love to share one poem which was written by Hilmy. It is quite a deep poem with a few underlying meanings. It is beautiful too. I especially like the title (because i came up with it, hahaha). So here goes:

Life is a Poem Written by God

Life is a beautiful poem written by God
It’s so poetic and deep
Only those with the perceptive eyes can see
Or those with vigilant ears can listen
Or those with delicate fingers can touch

As we continue to read between the lines
We will eventually understand
That life is what we are destined to be
A Saint or a Satan that we choose to be
It is entirely up to thee

Dwelling with Macbeth or Adam and Eve

God did not create us for nothing
So there must be something
For us to keep on searching
And keep on looking
Whether to seek
His wrath or blessing

Life isn’t supposed to be frantic,
Neither that it should be sarcastic
Although it can sometimes be erratic
But it certainly is not pathetic

Life is not all about
Fame, female, fortune,
Life is all about things which are
Viable, vibrant and virtuous

We shouldn’t take life for granted
Just because we want to live life as our hearts desired
To live life as God intended
Is to understand that
Not everything is always all about life
It’s what life is all about.

What counts is not during life,
It is the life after life that counts.