"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

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.

You were not given a gift with an expectation of any kind. Life by its nature is defined by the one experiencing it. How much or how little you enjoy it is almost entirely up to you. Suicides choose not to share life. They decline the opportunity they are given because choosing to be alone is death of the spirit and the body naturally wishes to follow. The poem speaks to this indirectly by mentioning all the things that life has to offer should you choose to share it. Suicide, the poem says, is a wasted opportunity and that is an accurate statement.

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.