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A Short Question

Joe you can be so annoying In the line you keep repeating I don’t know, perhaps It’s just because The World has its reasons People have their habits I don’t know, perhaps It’s just because. Stars glisten above us Shooting stars flash by I don’t know, perhaps It’s just because But the question you ask Is a desire to seek a reason It’s a blessing from which we all should learn Let not a stone stand still Or a word be spoken Without the innocence, desire And the endless question WHY?

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Darlene De Beaulieu

Date: 9/4/2017 5:13:00 PM

The question Why? is asked all the time to many questions, that get no answers. have a nice evening my friend.

Darlene De Beaulieu
Date: 9/5/2017 6:16:00 PM

Thank you that makes sense to me now. have a nice evening my friend.

Stephen Harper
Date: 9/5/2017 3:13:00 AM

Why, the simplest of childish questions is the question we all need to ask today ..... the child within us always seeks to learn and not take things for granted

Luis Estable

Date: 9/4/2017 2:27:00 PM

This is not bad. The end brings the poem together. When one is reading one wonders where this is leading and then we see the word, "why" and all comes clear. Good effort! Luis Estable

Stephen Harper
Date: 9/4/2017 2:43:00 PM

thank you Luis