Have you ever wondered
What quest beckons?
Do we chase
Wealth for riches?
Do we chase control
For power?
Do we chase sleep
For dreams?
Or to blot out
The centered self
Frightened conceit
That we believe
Makes us special
Or hope that it does!
What journey
Are we wishing
To take?
But never do!
I have watched
Dogs chase
Their tails
Will they ever
Catch them?
What will they do with them
If they do?
If at the end of
The day
You haven’t
Danced your dance
Sang your song
Laughed your laugh
Cried your cry
Rode your Harley
Inked your tattoo
Loved your love
Written your poem
All you have done
Is wasted your time
Do not ask me
To do the same
Do we
Dance with a devil
We know?
Familiarity?
The loneliness
Yet safety
Of self absorption?
Or can we
Take a chance
On each other
And the murmur
Of passions?
And for a moment
Time not wasted!
poet
