Joseph P. DiMino Poet Free verse

Do I Really Need To Know

Do I really need to know
Why the Flycatcher
Sits atop the tallest weathered pole
On a spring morning
And releases this most fantastic trill,
Rides it higher and higher
To a manic rage,
Causing every living thing for yards around
To pause and take notice,
Be captured—
Lifted—suspended with lyric madness?

And do I really need to know
Why the rose
Tilts its blossom bright,
In a most flirting way
Toward the blushed face
On a rising sun?

And do I really need to know
Why bees and butterflies,
Make daily deposits and withdrawals
In open light, clear of armor,
No guard these faithful vehicles flit and fly,
Bankers free as sky?

And do I really need to know
Why you love me
And I love you,
When in those moments
Of separation
There is nothing…
Not even space to count—
For space can always
Be filled by something,
But true love
Either is
Or is not?

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Paloma P October 6, 2016 at 9:40 AM Apparently you're enamored by flycatchers. :) I can't say which verse I like best, perhaps the last, but they're all delectably satisfying. Joseph P. DiMino October 10, 2016 at 5:52 PM Just that they happen to be plentiful in my backyard, and such fine singers. I love to sing as well. Thank you, Paloma. Have a beautiful day!!

Poet Destroyer A October 5, 2016 at 7:56 PM thank you Joe, for your kind reply. LINDA

Poet Destroyer A October 5, 2016 at 7:01 PM Joe D., sometimes, i think it's better if we don't know... Just kidding, I love knowing, why???/ a fun and interesting poem. Linda Joseph P. DiMino October 5, 2016 at 7:13 PM Hi Linda. Thank you for commenting. Best is, just to know. That is truth. Anytime one needs to justify, give reasons for, no matter how logical the conclusion seems--it is not truth.