is life a feeling
or is life a thinking
or is it a doing
or being
or is life participation
or is it just patience
is it passing?
is it everlasting?
is it a test
or is it a curse
the worst
at its best?
is life at least
or is life - lest?
is there much more
or only the rest?
is this it?
is this not?
will this have been it?
how much more has it got?
and where does it end,
and does it at all?
so, is it ending,
beginning or what?
what for
and what three
and what to
and what one
is there nothing at all
or is all to be done?
run into each other
run out and about
back into the middle
afraid to fall out.
but is there an out?
and is there an in?
is there a difference
in what we begin
or don't
or just cannot
or will not
or else!
or do
or we need to
or somebody tells
us a story -
a story of us,
a thread on a needle
beads on a bust.
something to trust.
a figure of us.
and maybe it lives.
and maybe it must.
and maybe it's asking
itself as are we
or maybe it isn't
and it listens to me.
and what if doesn't
and what if it can't
what if it's lost
and is drifting apart
and what if it's us
and what if it's life
that we talk ourselves into
just to seek,
just to hide?