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life is deep

life is the oval egg that revolves,

life has its core as an inner yolk,

and if the shell of ignorance is broken

what deeper path will there will be found?

it will be found,the yolk;where true wit lies
 

life is the unfathomable,botomless sea

where the length of the beneath is twice the earth,

so the path where real wisdom is plunged

is under the ocean of shallow thoughts,

that if the base is found,the truth is found
 

life is the sequences of onions

where one layer sets place for the other;

and indeed its layer sure is infinite to existence

but man! he eats the shell and is swell,

while sages have eaten the yolk and are sober

— emeka ozurumba, Sep 26, 2008

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Region, Country: Nigeria , abuja

Favorite Poets: christopher okigbo, wole soyinka, gabriel okara , odiah ofeimun- john keats, p.b shelley

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easylife_2

17 years 8 months ago

Very good write

I could feel you in the theme and I could reallyrelate to it,and I consider the last two lines ABSOLUTE GENIUS.Thank you for this one.