"...??..." ( dedicated to my parents: Herman and Terry

I.

Two
Questions
In quotes

One
Will be
Answered

The
Other
Won’t…

II.

Characters
In unison

In
A tempo
With
Time

Fall
In
At attention

To
Acknowledge
“I am”

III.

Both
Face
To the west
As
Light descends

With
No promise
Of
Tomorrow

As
Everything
Blends

IV.

An
Unanswered
Question

Remains

In
The dark

While
Fate
Plays
Its hand

In
The form
Of
A lark

V.

For…

The shapes
Have
No ballast

While
Standing
Aright

And

There
Is one
Who
Will stumble

And

Enter
Nights light

Coda:

The question
Since
Answered

Revealed
Its words

In
The mystery
Of
Language

Often
Unheard…

Accepting
Of
Chance

They
Came
To
The dance

Partners
In
Waiting

For
Fates
Silent Bird.