Whether We Are Dogs Or Men Poem by RIC BASTASA

whether we are dogs
or gods
or men
it does not really matter
if we believe in nothing at all
if we believe
that there is no reason why the wind blows to the west
why the birds build their own nests
why glaciers exist

why we write poems
it matters. why we always want to say something
and open our hearts
for them to see the white doves
flying there

it matters. why we wake up and wash our face.
why we ask. why we look for answers.

whether gods or dogs or simply men.
it matters now when we begin to believe
about eternity.
this sense of being incomplete.
the want to be
completed. it matters now. whether we are dogs or gods or simply
men.