LIFE (OUT OF THE BOOK "POETIK ELISE HAS SOMETHING TO SAY" BY KAMILLA SIMPSON

LIFE

IS IT A MAN --A WOMAN WHO GIVES BIRTH
IS IT THE ROTATION OF THIS PLANET CALLED EARTH--
WHY ISN’T IT NO LONGER A DEAD BODY IN A HEARSE

INVENTIONS ARE A PART OF LIFES HISTORY CHANGED LIFE’S MYSTERY ACKNOWLEDGED AT THE END

I ASK YOU WHAT IS LIFE MY FRIEND?
A WAIT FOR THE TELEPHONE TO RING--I’M PATIENTLY WAITING FOR FLOWERS CAN YOU BRING?
A MAN WHO SAYS I LOVE YOU OR A MAN WHO SAYS YOU HAVE ISSUES
LESSONS I CONTINUOUSLY LEARN
IS LIFE ABOUT HOW MUCH MONEY YOU EARN CAUSE PLANTS HAVE LIFE BUT ASHES SITS IN AN HEARN
I DON’T WORSHIP MY BODY BUT LOVE
MY SOUL
CAUSE WHEN THIS BEAUTIFUL TEMPLE TURNS OLD, STARTS TO SPOIL AND RETURNS TO SOIL
IS LIFE WHEN WATER BOILS?
OR A TOY CREATED FOR THE EXCITEMENT OF A BABY BOY
LIFE IS EVERYTHING--EVEN WHEN A CAGE BIRD DON’T SING
IS IT ABOUT WHAT THE DAY BRING OR
WHAT YOU BRING OR A BEAUTIFUL VOICE THAT SINGS
WHAT ABOUT GRIEF WHEN A MAN LOSES HIS WIFE
I WONDER CAN WE LIVE LIFE TWICE?
CAN YOU TOUCH MY SOUL TONIGHT?
WHY IS LIFE PRESERVED WHEN IT’S COLD
DO YOU MOMENTARILY LOSE LIFE WHEN YOU FOLD?
LOSING YOUR BREATH, NOT WILLING TO HOLD?
THERES MEN PLAYING IN LIFE, ACTING OUT TWO DIFFERENT ROLES
WOMEN STEALING HONORABLE TITLE WIFE, USING BABIES TO POSE
DON’T KILL THE MESSENGER, ITS ME GOD CHOSE
I DIDN’T WANT TO SPEAK MY MIND TO NO FRIEND OR FOE
WHEN APPOINTED I FROZE
INNOCENT MEN IN JAIL THEIR LIFES, TIME STOLE
AND WHEN I WAS GOING LEFT THEY TOLD ME TAKE ANOTHER ROAD
WANT TO BET ON WHO’S ANNOINTED, LETS TAKE A POLL, THIS HERE MODEL WAS HARD TO SIT AND MOLD
ONE BITE OF THIS REALITY AND YOU’LL NEED ANOTHER DOSE
THERES STORIES OF GREAT LIVES THAT MAY NEVER BE TOLD
TOOK THEIR INSPIRATION TO THE GRAVE BUT STORIES NEVER AROSE
BUT I THANK MY ANCESTOR FOR CARRYING THAT LOAD
CAUSE I KNOW LIFE GOES ON EVEN IF IT WAS SOLD.