EROS & THANATOS: At the border of life and death IMAGE: Two contrasting silhouettes of a middle-aged male figure: one gazing at an erotic female figure, and the other at empty space with geometric forms and background noise. Is life a series of passionate sighs only to fade into silence & eventually die? Is death an attempt to pronounce a contemptuous "nay" only to unexpectedly find flowers flourishing across gravestones undismayed? Are our legacies relics sure to decay - or intangible memories that boldly proclaim ten thousand alleluias impossible to explain ? ===================================================================================== from _Last Poems: Lost Poems_ by T Newfields SUMMARY: Some contrasting thoughts about life, death, affirmation, and denial. KEYWORDS: human existence, contrasting realities, transcendent affirmations, exuberant quiddity, praise of being Author: T Newfields [Nitta Hirou / Huáng Yuèwǔ] (b. 1955 - ) Begun: 2007 in Tokyo, Japan ✠ Finished: 2022 in Yokohama (Japan) Creative Commons License: Attribution. {{CC-BY-4.0}} < LAST: https://www.tnewfields.info/LastPoems/afterlethe.htm TOC https://www.tnewfields.info/LastPoems/index.html NEXT > https://www.tnewfields.info/LastPoems/det.htm TRANSLATIONS Español: https://www.tnewfields.info/es/e_t.htm Nihongo: https://www.tnewfields.info/jp/ero_tana.htm Zhōngwén: https://www.tnewfields.info/zh/aishen_tana.htm