The "Circle" of Life...Really?
The “Circle” of Life…..Really?
Gary Shulman, MS. Ed.
July 11, 2023
The circle of life is often what “they” say
Well, who are those pundits anyway?
It seems that circle takes rocky rotations
Unexpected turmoil causing brain cell gyrations
One day you’re healthy, blithely strolling along
The next day the ER with the ill-fated throng
Good folks who deserve neither pain nor grief
Nobody’s immune to that life draining thief
Well that “circle of life” seems to me a misnomer
Roller-coaster’s more like it, you don’t need a diploma
To realize that life springs surprises ad infinitum
Try as you might there’s no way you can fight them
So what is the point of this verbiage I display
It’s to live your life with gusto as if it’s your very last day!
About this poem
Life is more like a roller coaster than "circle".
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Submitted by shulman.gary on July 11, 2023
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Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 775 |
Words | 138 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 3, 14 |
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