Why?

Many times we have asked the question why,
to look for some answer in another's eye,
but the thought we often tend to forget,
is that others have different needs to be met.

We opt to stay true to our own point of view,
while we dispute the things that others do.
In us all we have a world of our own,
where all our beliefs and dreams are born.

Along the way, our minds are led astray,
for there is much we let stand in the way.
In many there is peace that can never be found,
and in this reality their lives are bound.

Who is to say what is really the truth,
when our very existence is planted in youth.
We truly believe we are seldom wrong,
and in this never know where we truly belong.

Searching for truth when life goes astray,
never believing in the good of the day.
For all the things that may happen to you-
and in all the places that life sends you to-
remember this now your whole life through-
When you say you are right and others are wrong,
and you favor your own point of view.

How can you be sure what you believe is true,
when others believe in what they think too.

Diana Nelson 2004