wanna know why
it’s beyond hard
why you seem to bang
your head on dead end
after dead end
trying to grok what is
you weren’t taught to
embrace the flow
to freefall while standing tall
to dance while wrapped in chains
to see light in darkness
to see darkness in light
certainty is required
the right answers
the right way
solutions come prepackaged
with ways to get there
end results built right in
answers don’t account
for unanswerable queries
don’t … can’t consider
the inconceivability of you
don’t leave room for
life’s wondrous mystery
from your first breath
you were trained to know
thinking is the way
think about it
what were you thinking
think positively
proud of your ability to
figure things out
to sus right from wrong
you put your thinking cap on
and work out the
questions of life
trust your thoughts
put your full weight
behind them
hanging onto threads
of the known even as they
fray and rot
answers come from
what is already known
what others figured out
could it ever be possible
to enter the unknown
through the belly of the known
that requires a different
wisdom empty of all thought
wisdom fueled by experience
feeling without buffer
meeting life as it is
as you are
set down your baggage
all the things you trust and know
set it all down and walk on
into your life
into your death
into the unknown
