SOMEBODY ASKED A QUESTION

WHY?
They didn't know the answer
They needed one
They wanted one
Maybe they deserved one --
Maybe not
One question -- that's all.

WHAT?
What was the question?
A request for clarification
Not a lot to ask
Could have been answered in about
   four monosyllabic sounds
Maybe more -- possibly less.

HOW?
A simple question for direction
Easy English
Good grammar
Easily decipherable
Clear, exact, precise
Requesting same in return.

WHO ASKED IT?
Nobody, Everyone
A single entity
Possibly a child
The universe
You, me
Someone.

WHAT WAS THE QUESTION?
A profound request -- an answer to life's struggles
A simple "Where is it?" "Who is it?"
Profound -- Maybe, Maybe not
Or is it?

WHAT WAS THE ANSWER?
Does anyone care?
Does it really matter?
It wasn't answered anyway.

   Jeanne L. Drouillard