#221 Matter

Am I just matter?

Or Do I matter?

Am I just matter or do I matter?

Am I just matter, do I matter?

Am I matter, do I matter?

Am I matter do I matter

What's the matter with me?

Lately I've been living life laterally

It's hard to progress when my mind is under duress

About a question I must take mind to address

And keeping it internal has seemed an infernal mission

Quizzing all content concerning the eternal decision

No, this is not a manner to be contained within thought

I present to you, right now, my cerebral court

Two trusted personas to debate the matter at hand

The case for "just matter", please take the stand

Let me be clear. Let me precise.

You are all just physical objects, like ice.

You live in a world with rational rules and laws.

This is as observable as human flaws.

You have to breathe. You have to feed.

Within your genes are the means to proceed.

Here is the junction which governs this mess:

You are just functions, very complicated yes,

But processes. Predictable if you had the power.

Limited by thought, by space, by the hour.

Ticking away until your final day.

When the clockwork stops.

And you drop.

This is neither nice nor cruel - just the default case.

Take my advice and accept this approach's embrace.

If we are "just matter", then that's all we are.

To claim anything else would just be bizarre.

How entitled. How arrogant. How sweet. How droll.

That you could still believe in such a thing as a soul.

Am I matter do I matter

Am I matter do I matter

Am I matter do I matter

What's the matter with me?

Let me speak up, I'm meant to represent argument number 2

All I can do is speak honestly of what I believe to be true

I wont try to force the manner, nor deny much of what was said

You are right now living. You will one day be dead.

But let's stop looking at the scale we live at each day

Think instead of the time with no yesterday

There was an origin to how this universe came to be

It continues slowly, following entropy

Until it reaches the present, until it reaches you

As for what is before and after? We have no clue.

Quantum, that most curious of current conclusions

Would have once been laughed at, just like fission and fusion

We are still learning but our knowledge has gaps

If it didn't then maybe our world would collapse!

If we knew of an afterlife, few would remain on this Earth

We know as little after death as where we come from at birth

Because beyond 'just matter', there really does seem to be more

Beyond physical beings, there's something in our core

Sentience is a very rare trait, and one unique so far in galaxies

So if we can move beyond fate, we can say you matter to me

Am I matter do I matter

Am I matter do I matter

Am I matter do I matter

What's the matter with me?

Hold up there, I'm the third such position,

I beg of you, give me some time and listen,

I can't hold a torch to either the first two cases,

I'm afraid my conclusion wont seem so persuasive,

But here it is, pretty much my case is just this:

Whether or not you matter, if you face an afterlife or abyss,

You must still go forward, seize each second,

Make life take you as a force with which to be reckoned,

The debate you just heard - it's by no means trivial,

Don't discard it as absurd - or even discard it at all,

But acknowledge that while the debate will rage on a while,

You must still go out and face the World with a smile,

In an Earth of just matter, then provide others some lift,

And if you matter to the Earth then be a most welcome gift,

Just no that this philosophy can eat you up inside,

And you still matter to the world in which you reside.

Am I matter do I matter

Does it matter to me?

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