Conscience and Consciousness

By Gadralneure

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A collection of poetry highlighting the moral choices we face. Who are we? What makes who we are? Are we good... More

A Simple Nod
There Are Angry Men Outside
Tell The Dead
Since Mortality Knocked
Combustible
Everyone
Family
Gray
Honesty Like Alcohol
If I Were Privy To The Truth Of Things
Nocturnal Meditation
The Questionable Importance Of Matter
Time Will Tell
The Ledger
A Positive Future
Sadness
Rules
Pity The Monsters
The Day the World Will End
Beginnings
History
The Evolution of Science
Footprints
The Room Where Guilt Lives
I Am Us
The Tao of Striving
The False King
Conundrum (a sonnet)
The Outpost
The Hanging Tree
Love for Hire
Basic Training
Bitter Winter
Ode to the Children of Mammon

Winning

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By Gadralneure


What is my point of no return
if I don't know where I'm going?
How far is this race to be run,
while life's scenery races by,
blurred and distant?

When can I rest
and lay upon my back,
staring at the clouds,
feeling the breeze on my face,
and the cool grass against my spine?
Why am I in a race that can't be won
and everyone finishes last?

Time to stop.
Time to rest.
Time to give up on winning,
and enjoy the scenery of life.

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