Searching

We seek the answers where there are often none!

Searching

I stumbled through

the forest of words

trying to find

love's reason.

Only to discover

a lexicon of lies.

I wandered the aisles

of life's overstocked library

searching for the satanic secrets

held in the verses of poets.

Only to find a final demand

for overdue books.

And so,

definition still eluding me,

I stumbled

and fell again,

headlong

into the abyss.

 

07/07/15

Author's Note

Reviews

[fattycbreezy52]

Wow again something which most of us can relate to...A futile search.Yet,there remains an evergrowing desire within us to seek answers to some questionsand carry on that search forever...GOod one:)
May be the answer's lurking somewhere in that corner where we never bothered to look:D

[John Alexander McFadyen]

True; we need to look at times in unexpected places. Thank you FCB

[~]

This made me think of how maybe we look for answers with the preconceived idea that we will not find any.
Very thought provoking..

[John Alexander McFadyen]

I think you may be right MS. We often are seeking the missing piece of life when we see people who we think have the whole picture when often they still have missing pieces but accept the jig saw will never be whole again. Thank you.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

we read life, we try to understand it, make use of its words, properly...and all we get for our trouble is fines for overdue happiness that we never quite find between the pages.

[John Alexander McFadyen]

Indeed Jacob. I think you used that phrase or something similar some time ago. And it seems it is true for many of us. Thank you.

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I often wonder if there are any answers at all...there is a stubborn sadness in these words, John, as if the speaker knows he will never find it but must continue searching and stumbling... great write

[John Alexander McFadyen]

Indeed you may have spotted something dear FT. Many thanks.

[....................]

Maybe it is a familiar sentiment... you are welcome!

[Lydia Shutter]

Ah, but if we found all the answers, what would be left to discover? What would inspire us to go on another adventure? I enjoyed the wordplay in this one. "lexicon of lies" "satanic secrets"....great alliteration. Lydi**

[John Alexander McFadyen]

Thank you muchly Lydi.