Ollie Lind Poetry

Living
Have you ever wondered why so many
take their life so seriously?
Hoard each moment, don’t waste any;
grasping time deleriously.
As if living were to be consumed
like food and drink, drunk to the full.
Never the past to be exhumed,
lest memory makes them fearful.
Living should be a combination,
present, past and future fare.
Learn from the past lest consternation
lay the bones [...]

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It never ceases to amaze me at the contradictions of man. We are capable of creating great structures and incredible music and art. Yet we let millions starve and events of barbarity abound.
Some time ago I was thinking about why this could be so. The following poem is a perspective you might wish to [...]

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Ever since the dawn of time many religions and sets of beliefs have ascribed a personality for death. My personal belief is that death is a natural concequence of life. It is not to be feared, simply accepted as an interrruption to the journey. What happens after that I leave up to you. I have [...]

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