Remastering Poems

Why Is the Question

let me pause 
slow down a minute
and look inward
to adjust my lens

there’s more to life than
operating in react mode

let me pause to ask 
the real question
the why is so much more
revealing than the what

let me break the cycle
and if need be, like a rookie
put training wheels back on my bike
refuse to live on automatic pilot 

I’m more than the sum of my parts
similar to the iceberg with
most of me under my surface
always more to me that meets the eye

I am more than an organism
with likes and dislikes
more than a machine
with on and off switches

I’m comparable to
a complex equalizer
filtering and remastering 
random captured signals

I’m the maestro of my life
creator of my realm
master of my domain

I am simply more 
I am so much more

all for asking the real question
the why is always so much more
revealing than the what


Read on air by invitation  ~  June 2, 2021  'WORDS & MUSIC'

AP: 1st place 2021

Submitted on June 3, 2021 for contest ALL YOURS (JUN 5) sponsored by BRIAN STRAND -  RANKED 1ST