O Me! O Life! - Walt Whiteman

O Me! O life! of questions of theserecurring,
Of the endless trains of the faithless, of cities filled with the foolish,
Of myself forever reproaching myself, (for who more foolish than I, and who more faithless?)
Of eyes that vainly crave the light, of theobjects mean, of the struggle ever renewed,
Of the poor results of all, of the plodding and sordid crowds I see around me,
Of the the empty and useless years of the erst, with the rest me intertwined,
The question, O me! so sad, recurring- What good amid these, O me, O life?

Answer:
That you are here- that life exists and identity,
That the powerful play goes on, and you may contribute a verse.