I wonder how the world began...
And how did life come about?
Who determines fiction from fact?
Can you help me out?
What was I before my birth,
And what exists after I die?
If all begins and ends the same...
Why do we try and try and try?
What purpose will I serve
If I can choose my way of life?
Am I to follow a path of fate,
Or do I decide my ease or strife?
I wonder if the world will end...
Then for what did life amount?
What is real and what is not?
Can you help me out?
Copyright ©1978 Pene Burkey
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem
My 9 year old son asks these questions of me so often........I will show him this poem. I'm sure he will enjoy seeing somebody else with such an inquisitive mind. Sincerely, mary