If everything was nothing
and everyone was nobody,
why then gaze up at the Moon
when it isn’t there?
If all lies were true
and truth was never spoken,
why then rebuke those
who want to fall off the edge of the world?
If songs were tuneless
and spoken words noiseless,
why then listen to the empty air
wondering why others applaud the silence?
If chance were certainty
and hope not an illusion,
why then feel disappointment
when in the bright daylight shadows lie broken?
Before I looked I knew this was your poem Louis…..shadows have always followed me.
The questioning spirit ! Cerebral and challenging . A fine subtext.
One of the best from Louis Kasatkin I have come across. Ask me why ? It is unpretentious. The flow is like a river. It does not even try, it merely flows . What is more, the poem states the unstated , the absolute truth, which one sees through with divine eye.
Outstanding in form and message!!! Exellent poem!!! Hats off!!!
Excellent!