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Taste of Life
by Alexander Goldstein → (All Poetry by Alexander Goldstein)
Thursday, August 9, 2018    Rated "G" by the Author.
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There's much suffering between
Birth and death when ignorance
Creates conditions for activities
And them creates conditions for
Consciousness, leaving yourself
Alone with a passive momentum
To produce further ado no more.
From consciousness you will see
The due names and proper shapes
Opened to you thru sense abilities.
Finally, you will understand that
Your desire leads to grasp the gist
Of subsistence because grasping is
The earnest of benefit -- condition
Of subsistence. And your existence
Means that you're breathing, and that
You have your ambition and desires
Which lead you to wearing yourself,
Aging, illness, and, finally, to release.
So, don't waste your time -- taste life
With highly challengeable conditions!
 

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 Reviews of "Taste of Life"
Reviewed by Ronald Hull
Reviewed on August 10, 2018
Not sure I get the last line, but I would say what your driving at is that one should do less striving to be like others would want them to be and should relax and enjoy what they are good at.

Ron

Reviewed by m j hollingshead
Reviewed on August 10, 2018

compelling, thought provoking read

well done

never stop writing
m



Reviewed on August 9, 2018
I believe people, in general, are conscious of their own conditions. They need not be lectured about this. But you've offered some great insights in this poem.

Sandie


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