one fragment ❖ r.furude

[miisdealt]

There's a poem that I'd like for people to read and share their thoughts on. I'm not sure how good it is, so I was thinking that maybe having it in a public forum like this would allow for some discussion.

Committing a crime isn't scary.
The scary part is to admit it.

Receiving a punishment isn't scary.
The scary part is to know the pain of it.

Neither crime nor punishment will be gone from the world,
Because humans are unable to know their future.

Alternatively, if you do not like poems, or would like another question to chew on: there isn't some sort of magic that can make someone become older, is there?

You can say that curiosity killed the cat, really. If you have your own poems to share, I'd like to read them as well. Writing these sorts of things is a hobby of mine, I suppose.

Comments

[dokkans]

I suppose. Maybe we're all desperately clinging to life, and once that desperation goes, we'll finally shuffle off to Hell.

Or Heaven, if you're so lucky.

[miisdealt]

There might be those who don't belong in either place as well.

[Is she talking about herself? Who knows.]

Hard to make it go away, though.

That desperation.

[dokkans]

...Who wants that desperation to go away? Isn't it better to want to live at any cost?

[miisdealt]

Who knows.

Some people get tired. Some people might just want to force another to give up after trying for so long.

[dokkans]

Give up? What's that supposed to mean??

[miisdealt]

Exactly what it means.

I'm not saying anyone should. Just that some outside force might attempt that.