Enigma
ENIGMA
by
JOHN M. ARRIBAS
I Know Not from Whence I Came, Hence Where I Went
Only Those Fractional Instances: Here on Earth, I Spent
Was it a Stage of Development? Was it an Examination?
Was it a Preparatory Venture Providing Illumination
Was I a Specimen in Controlled Environment, Observed
Exposed to Frequent Stimuli, Constantly Unnerved
Was I the Accidental Creation, So Many, Many Eons Ago
When Natural Forces Collided Starting the Human Show
Or Was There an Omnipotent, Divine, Absolute Being
Molded Us into the Creatures, We Are Portraying
Or Was it a Great Spirit That Arose from Mother Earth
Giving Breath and Conscience: Orchestrating Birth
Or Are We the Discards from an Advanced Civilization
The Flotsam, the Detritus Left to Our Own Antiquation
Or Are We an Illusion with No Reason, Nor Cause
An Imaginary Existence Graced by Natural Laws
Are We a Recurring Troupe That Never Leaves the Stage
Offering Different Roles to Play, Exiting to re Engage
When the Tour of Existence Ends, to Where Do We Go?
To an Unending Sabbatical, Or; a Punishment below
Or Does the Journey Continue to a Place We All Meet
At the Ends of Infinity Where Parallel Lines Meet
Its an Enigma, a Conundrum, That Constantly Grows
Ask Any Holy Men, They’ll All Tell You They Know
The Eternal Enigma Cause No One is in the Know
Copyright © John Arribas | Year Posted 2019
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