Why?

This is the fate that awaits many of us who do not remain in touch with our inner child and instead choose to 'grow up'.

Born into the world was I

With nothing on my mind

Brimming with curiosity

To explore all that I saw

Slowly I learned to move

Learned to explore

Learned to question

But one day they said

"Question no more

For this is how it is"

Then came another question

Why accept it without knowing

From whence it came 

How it came to be?

Later as I grew

They filled my head

With more things everyday

But when I question they say

"Question no more 

For this is how it is"

Looking ahead I could see

So many possibilities

So many things to explore

But walked ahead when I did

I hit iron bars of a cage

A cage imposed by man's idleness

No matter what I did

Through the bars I could not break

For all the curiosity I had

Smothered it was by inertia

Inertia of man to question

Inertia of man to explore

Inertia of man to know more

One day for old time's sake

I walked ahead to hit the bars

To my absolute horror

Only darkness around me

I searched and searched

But never again did I see 

The questions and questions

To ask I once did seek

Isolated for so long

Forget did I to question

At this moment what I am told

I accept without inspection

Now when I do see children

They question again and again

But now their parents 

Do not answer but say

"Question no more

For this is how it is."

Weep I do for the children I see

For I know what fate awaits them

To stay in the darkness

And wonder for eternity

Why did they never answer?

Why did they never seek?

What happened to me

That my curiosity did sleep? 

30.03.2016

Author's Note

Why do we not question anymore?
Since when did we begin to accept things without question?

On another note, is there any grammar mistake in the line 'But walked ahead when I did'??

Reviews

[revalatia]

Wow. I felt the honesty in this piece. I too have asked questions, especially lately it seems, and feel like I'm getting the same answers as you were getting here on the in your work.. basically telling me to stop asking. reallyNever! really enjoyed it good work keep up the good writes.

[Childish Eccentricity]

thank you so much

[Emily]

I really liked this!!
Well done!!

[Childish Eccentricity]

Thank you. But like I asked in the Author's note, is there any mistake in the line 'But walked ahead when I did' ? I'm not sure, but it just feels wrong.