A Life Lived Well Enough

Irrational_Kimmi • 665 followers

And your eyes grow dim
Over time as you realise
All you can be in this life
Is a sum of your parts,
Few are ever more,
All you can aim for
Is to try and leave a mark
On the life, heart,
Of another and
To be similarly scarred
In return by the heat and
And transient flame of
Passion, friendship, love;
That is a life lived well enough.

#existentialism #general #human-experience #life-reflection #poetry

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