by X
Published on: Jan 17, 2004
Topic:
Type: Poetry


You dread the height,
You are the height,
I am my height,
Surprise,
You still not anxious to reach the limit of the heights!
May I ask why?

You dread the depth,
You have your depth,
I have my depth,
Surprise,
You still not restless to explore the abysmal depths!
May I ask why?

You dread the truth,
You are your truth,
I am my truth,
Surprise,
You still unaware of the life's truth!
May I ask why?

You dread the lies,
You tell the lies,
I tell the lies,
Surprise,
You persist in not choosing truth for the lie!
May I ask why?

You dread the known,
You are the known,
I am the known,
Surprise,
You hesitate to believe in the known!
May I ask why?

You dread the unknown,
You are the unknown,
I am the unknown,
Surprise!
You are reticent to make known the unknown!
May I ask why?

You dread the future,
You are your present,
I was my past,
Surprise,
You are waiting to be taken back to the future!
May I ask why?

You dread the light,
You are the light,
I am the light,
Surprise,
You still shudder at the glowing light!
May I ask why?

You dread the darkness,
You are the darkness,
I am the darkness,
Surprise,
You still fear the inky darkness!
May I ask why?

You dread the fire,
You are the fire,
I am the fire,
Surprise,
You panic at the sight of blazing fire!
May I ask why?

You dread the water,
You are the water,
I am the water,
Surprise,
You go on quivering at the murky waters!
May I ask why?

You dread the life,
You are your life,
I am my life,
Surprise,
You still afraid of the rest of the life!
May I ask why?

You dread the death,
You will have to face death,
I will have to be dead,
Surprise,
You still shiver at all the uncertain deaths!
May I ask why?

You dread the knowledge,
You are the knowledge,
I am the knowledge,
Surprise,
You apprehend coming into others knowledge!
May I ask why?
You dread the man,
You are a man,
I am a man,
Surprise,
You quail before man!
May I ask why?

You dread the Thing, for which I wouldn't ask WHY,
You know it already, you won't ask WHY,
I am aware and I won't ask WHY,
For IT is the Being, who knows every WHY,
Can answer from everywhere, for every WHY,
Surprise,
You fail to feel the presence!
Oh, I won't ask WHY?

You dread the ignorance,
You are an ignorant,
I am an ignorant,
Surprise,
You tremble at discovering the bliss of ignorance!
May I ask why?

You dread the freedom,
You are the freedom,
I am my freedom,
Surprise,
You cower at the tidings of absolute freedom!
May I ask why?

You dread the repression,
You try to repress,
I am a repressor,
Surprise,
You falter when pleaded for anger repression!
May I ask why?

You dread the imaginations,
You live in imaginations,
I thrive on imaginations,
Surprise,
You are horrified to know the fate of imaginations!
May I ask why?

You dread the reality,
You are the reality,
I am the reality,
Surprise,
You are shrinking at the revelations of reality!
May I ask why?

You dread the might,
You are the might,
I am the might,
Surprise,
You are still in shock about the mortality of might!
May I ask why?

You dread the frailty,
You are your frailty,
I am my frailty,
Surprise,
You still dismayed to find out the Human frailty!
May I ask why?


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