Rebel

Jungheum Yoo

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[Poem] Why Pursue Philosophy

When I wake up in the morning,

The smell of coffee and the warmth of sunlight remind me that I cannot reason about the beauty they have.

When I look at the face of a woman, I cannot quite escape the oceans and forests that I see in her eyes.

What is quiet often comes to me, too loud.

What is neglected often comes to me, too significant.

I drag myself along, not being able to answer others for the very notion that, I do not know anything.

It is life that I constantly attempt at questioning and answering but all to be denied by the idea of absurdity.

Stripped of what I used to call meanings, I couldn’t but to find something within myself.

And that very attempt, lands me on the battles of thoughts, which can only be seen through words.

Thus I stay, though I cannot quite tell, if I do.