"The Suicide's Argument"

[theshadowsrose]

"The Suicide's Argument"
by Coleridge

Ere the birth of my life, if I wished it or no
No question was asked me--it could not be so !
If the life was the question, a thing sent to try
And to live on be YES;
what can NO be ? to die.

NATURE'S ANSWER

It's returned, as 'twas sent ? Is't no worse for the wear

Comments

[elephantsrock]

No one asked to be made. But on that same token abortion babies aren't asked if they would like to die.
I gave you innocence but you took it away from me.
And it doesn't sound like Nature in that paragraph sounds more like God.

[theshadowsrose]

to many, Nature is God. and the idea of "is" varies.

[elephantsrock]

Makes sense but not for me.

[theshadowsrose]

hm. that's an interesting and somewhat optimistic outlook from a usually-pessimistic perspective. I admire that ability.

thank you for sharing. <3

Late to the party.

[anonymous]

Life is not a gift. A gift by definition is something you have to give to someone. There is no someone to give life too when the whole thing gets started. Life is an opportunity. It isn't looked for or asked for but it is a chance to partake whether you asked or not. The truth is that we don't start dying until we hit our early twenties and stop growing. Then as our cells start to copy the finished pattern we start to die as mistakes are made. As this stage of the game do not treat death as a guarantee

Re: Late to the party.

[theshadowsrose]

Suicide, the poem says, is a wasted opportunity and that is an accurate statement.
I do agree with that sentiment.