Amor Fati
My life is structured circularly.
Everything I do now will repeat itself eternally.
And if I do reach the point of oblivion,
What dreams will come in that sleep of death?
Until then I relive my victories and triumphs
Yet I also live my failures and shortcomings.
Repeatedly reliving my darkest hours,
A torment to behold, to imagine.
All the times of great fights,
All the times someone was lost,
All the physical pain and suffering,
In infinite repetition, an infinite nightmare.
I must live with depth in my life
And embrace eternal recurrence.
Say “yes” to life and what it offers.
Be the camel bearing other’s burdens,
Then become the lion rebellious against other’s ways,
Lastly embrace the child, playful and creative
Creating new values and being individual.
Then become the amor fati.
Based off what i learned about in my existential psychology class while discussing Nietsche and his philosophy.
Kyley,
ReplyDeleteI really liked this piece. I like how the first two lines play off each other with circularly and repeat itself. One thing about this piece is it felt like the narrative voice kept to one subject and didn't wander enough. I was thinking it would be interesting if you trailed off after the fourth line and returned to the fifth because it looked like those two lines could transition in and out of each other. But this definitely has some cool language. I also liked the practice of reusing words in this piece. The repetitions played quite nicely. Keep them coming :) lol