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Questions From The Dark
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2010 Poetry
Questions From The Dark
Magic mushrooms growing wild,
thriving in the cool wet dark.
Fungus brewing in the earth,
nature knowing what we want.
Man always wanting to get high,
always searching for the means.
Who knows what it all means,
humans advancing from the wild?
Seems like a priority we kept high,
like continuing to be afraid of the dark.
Do we know what we really want,
as life moves about on this earth?
We’ve roamed and harvested from the earth,
learned to survive by any means.
So now, do we know what we really want,
or is it just a tracing of the wild?
Things remaining from the dark,
before our consciousness grew high?
We pray to a power we believe high,
who created all we see on earth.
Is that something we bring from the dark,
hoping to find solace by any means?
Finding a way to calm the wild,
for that may be truly what we really want?
Life beacons and we crave what we want,
thus some things are prioritized high.
Desiring them before we go wild,
or just requiring them while here on earth?
Sometimes wanting things without the means,
which keeps us from climbing out of the dark?
How did we climb out of the dark,
not know what we need and want?
Are we willing to survive by any means?
These are questions I keep on high,
as my time passes on this earth,
continuing to make my quest from the wild
The past is dark and the future high,
we want and harvest from the earth.
Maybe it means we will always be wild.
© 2010 Philip N. Carcione
