We don't read and write poetry because it's
. We read and write poetry because we are
of the human race. And the human race is filled with
. And medicine, law, business, engineering, these are
pursuits and necessary to sustain life. But poetry,
, romance, love, these are what we stay
for.
To quote from Whitman, "O me! O life!... of the questions of these recurring; of the endless trains of the faithless... of cities filled with the foolish; what good amid these, O me, O life?"
Answer. That you are here - that
exists, and identity; that the powerful
goes on and you may contribute a verse."
What will your verse be?
They're not that different from you, are they? Same
. Full of hormones, just like you.
, just like you feel. The world is their
. They believe they're
for great things, just like many of you, their
are full of hope, just like you.
Did they
until it was too late to make from their lives even one
of what they were capable? Because, you see gentlemen, these boys are now fertilizing
. But if you listen real close, you can hear them
their
to you. Go on, lean in. Listen, you hear it? ...Carpe ...hear it? ... Carpe, carpe
, seize the day boys, make your lives
.
