What Does Life Mean In The Great Gatsby

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Life something so important can be meaningless without a purpose, some may never find it, some live the dream everyday.
We search for the perfect one just to let them slip through never being an us, time something of the essence working against us looking to find a way.
The eyes of life watch us as we pursue our idea of the perfect life, our very own moves being watched and judged.
Love something we find in different ways even in the midst of conflict and strife, chances we are all scared of the outcome we all just need to be nudged.
A man who has everything is not always the richest man, every man has different perceptions of being rich.
The dream is not easy to achieve for no man it's the ability to believe I can, at times we may fall short but we
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A silence broken between two lovers that would soon be put on yield,
A feeling in his heart he felt at the bottom of his core.
Nothing would be the same from this day on out,
A feeling of completeness he had finally discovered the dream.
A man clueless to the lifestyle he was standing in front of,
Nick astounded by the lifestyle of a man everyone wanted.
But found happiness in the little things above,
Gatsby, a man with a past that was so haunted.
Living a lie that had finally become a reality, choices that could never be undone.
Enough kept secrets from his friends as if they were lost at sea, nothing lies underwater forever.
The past will always resurface and the truth will prevail, lies and deceit can never be hidden no matter how clever.
Two cities and two different lifestyles as if they were a perfect fairytale, two eyes watching the gates as if they were the keeper.
Witnessing all the untold stories we wish to hide, the tension between the group has grown steeper.
Holding all the secrets as they ride by questions unjustified,
A night that will never be forgotten.
An affair within affairs had finally come to clash,
A night of despair and grievance that would be

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