The Meaning of Life as prompted by Sheila Heard.
THE MEANING OF LIFE
What's
the
point
of
thinking
you
know
it
all
when
you
don't
know
anything?
They look perplexed
when you question the way
that they think things should be done.
To them, the powers that be,
everything is a foregone conclusion.
What they say is right and proper
and thinking otherwise is taboo.
They're always right
and you're always wrong
and that's the way they think things go.
How do you change the way that things happen,
who's controlling who, these days?
He waited for the results of his scan,
believing that he was cured.
But the doctor told him no,
an operation was the way to go.
So where did that leave him
and his simple belief in psychology?
What will his next step be,
which way will he leap?
they
say
sheep
follow
sheep.
What would you do if it happened to you?
and whoose voice would you follow?
He waits for sleep to overtake
and his sub-conscious to enlighten.
17042012
What's
the
point
of
thinking
you
know
it
all
when
you
don't
know
anything?
They look perplexed
when you question the way
that they think things should be done.
To them, the powers that be,
everything is a foregone conclusion.
What they say is right and proper
and thinking otherwise is taboo.
They're always right
and you're always wrong
and that's the way they think things go.
How do you change the way that things happen,
who's controlling who, these days?
He waited for the results of his scan,
believing that he was cured.
But the doctor told him no,
an operation was the way to go.
So where did that leave him
and his simple belief in psychology?
What will his next step be,
which way will he leap?
they
say
sheep
follow
sheep.
What would you do if it happened to you?
and whoose voice would you follow?
He waits for sleep to overtake
and his sub-conscious to enlighten.
17042012
Here's my Day Seventeen from 2011
Excellent poem. And a very good question. I like the line "sheep follow sheep" because we don't want to think we are one :-) But are we?
ReplyDeleteI think you'd have to weigh all the options and do a lot of praying in a situation like that.
ReplyDeleteThat's really good. And I liked how you took it in an unexpected (to me anyway) direction.
ReplyDeleteI don't know if this is about a real or fictitious person. If real, I wish you my best on this decision.
Thanks Mad, unfortunately it's becoming more real every day now!
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