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Deathly meaning

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“The meaning of life is that it stops”
Franz Kafka.
Deathly meaning
: I know of nothing that terrifies life other than death
But I know of nothing that gives hope to life but death,
I know of nothing that life abhors more than death
But I know of nothing that life embraces readily other than death,
Life wishes death’s immortality
Death wishes life’s ephemerality
A trail of celebration
A stream of chaos
A profuse search for meaning
A gentle pass from death,
A reflection of ecstasy
An echo of mourning
A battle of two deities
A love story of paradoxical contradiction,
A deity who mistook her meaning for momentary
A deity who is mistaken for chaos
But her true meaning is his touch
Two deities bounded together for eternity.

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