Why?

Why?

It’s so easy to ask

Don’t need to know

The answer on the other end

Just shout it out

Ask it out loud

And then it’s left

For others to answer

To ponder and fret

Why, why, why?

The word now haunts

It swirls in the mind

Because…

And the mind goes blank

Because…

The answer will not wake

From a mind filled with doubt

This word now lingers

Controlling the mind

And then the words begin to flow

The answers take control

But there are so many to choose

And nothing is clear anymore

Because…

And the tongue is stuck

Because…

And the heart begins to drop

The answer isn’t good enough

No words seem right to say

The question cannot be conquered

There’s nothing that will win the day

6/24/15 -- ALJ