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Literary: The Futility of Existence x Fishbowls and Goldfish Living

4/23/2018 07:49:00 PM Media Center 0 Comments

The Futility of Existence


The world is.
Likewise, I am.

I am in the world
And I am human.

I seek a better world—
A world of good,
A world of meaning,
A world ideal.
But the world just is.

I act towards that better world—
I do all that I can;
I speak and write and act;
I live as well as I can.
But the world just is.

And so I am terrified.

I try to find reprieve and comfort—
In all my hopes,
In all my dreams,
In all my deeds.
But the world just is.

And so I am frustrated.

I shout at the world.
But the world just is.

I scream and shout, as if to
Draw the mundus’ eye.
But the world just is.

I scream and shout some more, as if to
Draw the mundus’ ire.
But the world just is,
And the world just keeps being.

I scream and shout, as if to
Nothing.
Still,
The world just is.