I speak for myself

A sad realization
I will
           end                     alone

Should I allow this [acknowledgement] to
affect my actions and decisions?
or
is acknowledgement sufficient?
and
                 live for the moment
live cautiously
                            live extremely
Do not avoid the sublime
For the sublime is as real as these words
                              (think on that)
as real as our imminent death
as real as our immediate life
                                    (think on those)
For life is as real as your words
do not avoid this life
                    live intensely
live pensively
                    live in the moment
and
acknowledge everything sufficiently
or direct your actions and decisions
to allow these
WE ALL
END ALONE

a sad realization

how to use:

as common as carbon is a poetic stream of consciousness.
there are 3 categories of “poems”:

(i) heteroglossic synesthesia (complete poems)
(ii) hobonyms (words with no homes)
(iii) mind jerky (thoughts to chew on)

after reading a poem you have 3 options to “turn the page”

“RANDOM” – takes you to a random poetic expression
#hastags – take you to another random poem with the same theme or motif
#category – takes you to a random poem in the same category

“no one can step in the same river twice, for it’s not the same river and they are not the same person” – possibly Heraclitus

just as no one can step in the same river twice, no one can have the same experience of “as common as carbon” twice