WHY AM I?
AN INTROSPECTIVE PIECE
A incessant barrage swirling in the whirlpool of uncertainty,
an unanswered question, distant mediocrity,
Why am I?
People flashing by in lightning haste,
Time an irreplaceable commodity, not to waste,
Breakdowns and detours alone many embrace,
Assistance from any, an unusual grace,
Why am I?
Entire life stories like a movie I see,
Rewind, forward and slow-mo at my whim, not a decree,
Hearts and minds in common disconnect, blanked,
Independent qualities of compassion and intellect sacrosanct,
Why am I?
Lush gardens, luxury cars, lascivious frailties,
Lavish expressions of splendorous banalities,
Temporary pleasure to the eye,
No yearning or a second thought my mind decries,
Why am I?
A glance, an acknowledgment from a stranger and companion,
Akin to a casual encounter of adventurers on a vast banyan,
Water through a vast array of roots in the earth
A common traverse through the stem
And we take our final leaves
as particles expelled
into infinity
I AM.
(2014)
