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Meaning of Life
For me
the morsel of bread, a glass of water
to fill my empty stomach
is the meaning of life
at this moment.
For someone else, a pot roast, vintage wine
caviar and rich ice cream fills
the wildest dreams.
To me, the meaning of life is having someone
by my side,
to have a shoulder to lean on,
to share words of sorrow and joy.
To you, it might be spending hours
all alone behind closed doors.
To you, life may mean life in a castle
and to its shelter against rain and sun
beneath a thatched roof.
Not one single meaning of life
would define endless lives
that come and go over the
wheel of eternity.
There is freedom in letting life be
a sea with meanings written;
with every wave that finds home
when it meets the shore.
Tulip Chowdhury writes from Georgia, USA.
