Questions
Questions. Mostly unanswered but still worth savoring
The act of articulating a thought brings its own reward
And trouble too, for outlining a pitfall brings up liability
We'd rather plod on covered by our veil of inertia
Forewarned implies agency and the shackles of responsibility
And tort with its troubling specter, a reminder that we live in community
Caught between decisions to forget - escape clauses
And what we choose to remember, commemorate and applaud
Better the comfort blanket of neglect
The faint hope of a rescue at the last, the arc of a story
The seductions of wishes, human truths to live by
Something, someone will come at the last moment
Lingering thoughts, softly, beneath a whisper
Hovering, floating almost above a scream
Unspoken messages, liminal, unseen
Nesting, incubating, fragments of a dream
Questions, yes. Mostly unanswered, but always worth savoring
Questions, a playlist
A soundtrack for this note (spotify version)
- The Questions by Common & Mos Def
- Unanswered Question by Amel Larrieux
- Love is the Question by Linvall Thompson
- The Question of U by Prince
- No Question by Roy Ayers
- Question and Answer by Pat Methany
- There Are More Questions Than Answers by Johnny Nash
- The Question Is by The Winans
- 21 Questions by 50 Cent
- Question Mark by Allen Kwela Octet
- Reasonable Question by Brian Eno
- Ask Me No Questions by The Bangles
- Questions by David Ruffin
- Questions by Morgan Heritage
Writing log: May 20, 2023
