Reason

by Bill Turner   Jan 16, 2006


Everything happens for a reason...
I have been told
Really?
What would that reason be?
It is a puzzle to me...
That is the way it ought to be...
Who gets to decide that?
Why?
How can you decide that for me?
I thought we were free...
Silly statements made
Attempts to explain things away...
You just do not understand...
Imposing your sense of will...
Some predetermined fate...
Please do not take away my right
I believe in my free will...
Lord knows I have screwed up a good thing
Many a time in my life...
Do not wash it away...
I stand accountable...
The man in the mirror will not let me be
Reason is not good enough for me...
That is not how it ought to be...for me

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  • 18 years ago

    by Ann Stareyes

    Everything does happen for a reason...why... we'll never know.

  • 18 years ago

    by Jay27

    Damn Bill, I was kind of hoping by the time I was your age I would have all the answers, now this puts me in doubt. Does life really get harder as you age?

  • 18 years ago

    by Angie

    Wonderful write..... I do believe things happen for a reason, what they are, I do not know..... but I do what I feel is right for me anyway.....

  • 18 years ago

    by Melissa

    Wow, this in incredible! Excellent writing and I love the energy to this poem. I'm a question person too, so I can relate. Awesome!

  • 18 years ago

    by Simon Hayes

    Great poem Bil... So many questions with such little answers. I can relate my friend. Great write.

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