The Questions Poem by louis rams

In a dream GOD asked me:
What does life mean to you?
I came up with the answer that
Most would normally say and do.
“ THE FIVE SENSES”
But that’s not true!

Living and enjoying the beauties
That GOD has provided to us.
The sun, the stars, the oceans, the moon
The grass, the trees,
And his lips as he kisses us
In a soft gentle breeze.

The love that he has given us
To share with all the rest
The beauties inside of us
Which is his very best.

The strength inside of us to smile
Laugh, joke, and play
This is with us every day.
Then he gave us a mind to use
We could use it if we choose.

Then another question he put to me:
How would you live, if with all
These things, I did not give?

I thought about this long and hard.

‘ there would be nothing that we could do
If we chose not to follow you. ‘