LIFE

"Life is shit and then you die"

But is that all there is?

What does it mean to live?

Are those words really true in all its despair?

"She lived a beautiful life"

Annie Le's brother said of his sister

Annie Le indeed was beautiful, as well academically achieved , charitable and powerful with potential

Enjoying her active social life, loved by so many

Despite whatever her obstacles

She overcame them all

Enjoying the sprinklings of happiness

And then

At the young age of 24 , the promising life she painstakingly planned is snatched out of her hands

And out of this world she could have helped

But still it's true

She lived a beautiful life

Henrietta Lacks was also young and beautiful , with a generous heart but she lived a hard life

She was born into a world full of racial injustice

But she made do

Enjoying the sprinklings of happiness along the way

And then

She too dies at a young age, leaving her small ones motherless

This planet will go on and on and on

And us , the human inhabitants

We live

Meeting our milestones

Carrying out the age old cycle of life and death

Both natural and unnatural

What does it mean to live?

Someone wise once said

" Live and love

And when it ends

It ends"

Maybe

Understanding of human existence

And meaning in humanity

Needs only be as simple as that