Explain to me,
I want to know
Why things happen and
Why they grow.

Explain to me
Why it seems
That nothing I want
Comes to be.

Show to me
The earth unscarred,
The liver untreated,
Life less bars.

Let me feel and
Let me touch,
My wants confused -
I need too much.

Let me know
A sky so pure,
Water so silver,
A life so sure.

Explain to me
What is life,
Why it lives, and
Why it must
Always
Die.

copyright © 2004 Cosette Aranaine