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What is Life?

September 5, 2010
By givemetherapy SILVER, Mount Vernon, Ohio
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"Hope is what you cling to when reality has left you with nothing else."

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What is life?
To some, it's just a length of time on earth, where they stay until Heaven calls.
To others, it's simply a measure of the number of breaths you take.
To the dictionary, it's "the condition that distinguishes organisms from inorganic objects and dead organisms, being manifested by growth through metabolism, reproduction, and the power of adaptation to environment through changes originating internally."
And to an inmate, it could mean how much longer they have behind bars.
There are so many ways one could describe this simple four letter word.
But I have only one definition.
To me, it's you.

© Kathleen S., Maumee, OH

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bound4life4ever PLATINUM said...
on Sep. 24 2010 at 7:10 pm
bound4life4ever PLATINUM, Jamaica, New York
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Never take life seriously. Nobody gets out alive anyway.

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oh my goodness this was amazing!  no offese but reading the definition iw as like'y on earth is she writing this?!' then i continued reading nd i take it back! im so glad i finished it becuz it was UH-MAZING!!!!!!  check out my stuff?