T.S. Eliot Had It Wrong

Do I Dare

Disturb the Universe?

 

Why should I?

Nothing really matters, so I shouldn’t even try.

Why should I?

Every single one of us one day will die.

 

Do I Dare

Disturb the Universe?

 

How could I?

I’m small and weak with many struggles in my life.

How could I?

There’s nothing I can do that hasn’t happened once or twice.

 

Do I Dare

Disturb the Universe?

 

Why not I?

Nothing ever changes if I never even try.

Why not I?

If no one ever does then the whole world just might die.

 

I dare disturb the Universe.

 

To Dare is to Dream is to Desire to Defy

To Defy is to Defeat

 

Defeat is to Die

 

I’m

 

Dying

 

To Live

 

 

This poem is about: 
Me
Our world

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