Dare I Ask

Life...

 

is a question.

A series of questions perhaps.

 

Life.

 

What is life?

Is being here enough?

Do we have something to prove?

And if so, to whom?

 

Ourselves.

 

Life.

 

is selfish.

But doesn't it have to be?

To care for others,

must we not care for ourselves first?

Or am I wrong?

 

Again.

 

Questions.

 

Life.

 

is more than I can explain.

Or is it,

simple?

 

Questions.

 

Again.

 

Who am I?

What is my purpose?

Or perhaps, I have none.

Perhaps,

I am here, only to be here.

 

Life.

 

Questions.

 

But life without questions

would have no purpose,

to live.

to love.

to ask.

to answer.

 

Questions

 

of life.

Reviews

[Joseph - Michael]

This is very true on the questions like that. I mean, you're not the only one and neither am I. We all have the exact same kind of questions daily as in "What's the purpose"...

All I can say is that there are some you've left out several more questions that have been used more often...

On the other hand, it's all still good tho, so no worries...

[Boris]

This is great Nicole, a subject close to my own heart expressed in a simple yet elegant poetic form. So many of the questions mentioned above have a great personal resonance to me, questions that I have spent so much time contemplating and trying to find answers to.

Well done, Nicole!

[Robyn]

You bring up a lot of universal questions and theories in this poem. The one that got me thinking was, "Perhaps, I am here, only to be here." In the simplicity of that statement there is also depth and so much possibility. Very thought provoking overall.

[Crazy Cat Man]

Life............ should be about being happy....... cuz we are in our own bodies for as long as we live....so we have to be happy :)