Libido and Thanatos

A dialogue

Libido and Thanatos

 

I am Libido. I sustain

The rage to live, and procreate.

Each time I fall I rise again.

because I can appreciate.

 

That happiness and sadness too

 are part and parcel of the game.

Trials that we must go through

In order to achieve our aim.

 

The life long quest we undertake.

Which starts the day that we are born

We learn something from each mistake.

Although at times we feel forlorn.

 

Our destination is unknown.

We only know we want to live

to reap the crops which we have sown.

We give all that we have to give.

 

To see our children grow and thrive.

 What better purpose could we serve?
Our love for them provides the drive.

A never ending learning curve.

 

We do our best because we care

Although  sometimes to no avail.

We know that life can be unfair

 and that our efforts can still fail.

 

We can’t opt out and abdicate.

We have responsibilities.

we cannot simply terminate.

There is one way to gain release.

 

I am Thanatos I provide,

 a quick solution to your woe.

You have a choice you can decide

You can refuse to undergo

 

The test and trials which you face.

Which seem to you to be pointless.

Surrendering is no disgrace

Escaping from unhappiness.

 

Would seem to be the wisest course.

 Why should you suffer needlessly.

From rules that others can enforce.

When you can end them easily.

 

When you were born you had no choice.

But you can choose when you should die.

I am the quiet inner voice

Which gives you many reasons why.

 

You should refuse to travel on

and seek the quiet of the grave.

The answer to your question.

Perhaps you have no soul to save.

 

  A never ending argument.

Between two separate parts of you.

A source sometimes of discontent.

 Until you decide what to do.

 

As for myself my libido

Is strong enough to overcome

Thanatos ,because I know.

My time to go has not yet come.

 

That it will come, a certainty.

The choice of when not mine to make.

I find it satisfactory

To choose to die a grave mistake.

 

Though Thanatos can offer peace.

I do not know if he can keep

his promise of a swift release.

 Into a world of endless sleep.

 

 I choose to go with libido.

I am content to wait and see.

Though I believe I do not know

I will receive what’s due to me.

 

No more no less than what is due.

I have lived long and done my best.

I think I am entitled to

a long and well deserved rest.

 

 

 

Friday, 12 February 2010

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