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Blurry Laughter

Upside down and inside Out

By Centina Alexa König-WeichhardtPublished 4 years ago • 1 min read
Blurry Laughter
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In life, we oftentimes find

That our fate can be cruelly unkind

A tale of woe and despair

Our existence seems but a snare

An absurdity that haunts the mind

Like Poe's Raven, we ponder and sigh

As we watch our lives pass us by

And wonder if all that we've known

Is nothing but a cosmic moan

A joke played by some deity on high

We search for meaning in this game

As our days flicker like a flame

But the universe seems to mock

Our efforts to find the unlock

To the riddle of life and its aim

And so we wander aimlessly

Through a world that's quite perplexingly

Full of wonders and mysteries

But also pain and miseries

A place where we all play life's decree

But even in the darkest of days

When the clouds obscure the sun's rays

There is a glimmer of hope

A way for us to cope

And find some comfort in life's maze

For though our lives may seem absurd

And our paths may be quite blurred

There is beauty to be found

In the laughter and the sound

Of loved ones and the songs of a bird

And so we carry on with our strife

Through the ups and downs of this life

Embracing the joy and the pain

And learning to dance in the rain

For even in absurdity, there's beauty to arrange

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Centina Alexa König-Weichhardt

Emotional and surreal fiction and poetry captures the essence of the human experience, exploring the depths of the mind and the complexities of the heart.

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    Written by Centina Alexa König-Weichhardt