To be or not to Be

‘To be or not to be that is the question’

What does it mean to ‘be’

Is ‘being’ a state, an emotion or simply a belief that can evaporate at any moment

Something you try to grasp for with bare hands but slips through like sand

Maybe its that pit in your stomach, or a dream that you can only half remember

A desire you cannot suppress

A birthday wish you whispered over and over that never came true

Or the scorching pain of a thousand failures, inescapable like a wildfire that leaves no tree in its path

‘Being’ is deliciously painful, poetically tragic at times and more often than not terrifying

‘Being’ is contradictory, paradoxical and nonsensical

But it is human, and to ‘be’ is really all we can do.