#question poems on Hello Poetry

old willow May 2020

Waiting at the crossroad,
I’ve met countless travelers.
Shaking my head from disappointment,
They could not answer my question.
— What is a rock?

#rocks #question #answer #passerby #ponder #immaterial

Naveen Kumar May 2020

A question

I was all fine in every reason,
yet you wrecked me like I was none.
I'm still holding to my obsession
But you changed like a season.

Now it seems like a part of your theme.
When I'm still flowing in the stream,
how could you walk away with no esteem
like it was all one dream in a dream.

Last line inspired by one of my favorite poets.
"A dream within a dream"
By Edger Allen Poe

#dream #sad #breakup #love #life #cry #question #reason #classic #poe

old willow May 2020

Tears of moon

Tears of moon…
A single drop to poison the ocean,
Alluring charms that drown many men.
Why must you veil yourself
Behind clouds?
Laying here with opened window,
The clouds swayed.
A pity, your words are too far away.

#moon #tears #question #veil #concealed #poison #men

old willow May 2020

Being a rock

At times, I wish to be a rock.
When the wind ceases, it ceases.
When the wind moves, it moves.
It stops when it stops,
Move when it moves.
A slight push carries it countless distances.
What is more free than a rock?
That, I do not know.

#rock #wander #wind #free #question #desire

old willow May 2020

Oh' Turtle Friend

Crossing the eastern stream,
I met a friend.
His shell, hard as he slowly
traverse across the water.
Crouching down, I asked him.
Oh turtle, why do you move so slow,
Yet never stop inching forward?

#travelling #question #answer #doubt #water #stream #eastern #friend

old willow May 2020

Why?

Why?
Sitting by my desk, I asked.
Intoxicated by unwillingness,
there was bitter down my cold body.
On the desk, there was a petal,
there was no telling where it came from.

#sorrow #grief #question #doubt #unwillingness #petal #confused

old willow May 2020

Asking a peony

Taking a stroll through the mountains with my friend,
We saw a peony, its petal glitter in specks of snow,
Buds that were the blossoms of springs.
That day we questioned the flowers,
But the flowers do not speak.
Alas, our questions remained unanswered.

#stroll #mountains #peony #question #spring #flowers

old willow May 2020

Open and Closed

When the heart move,
the world does too.
Closing my eyes,
Is the world still here?
Closing the world eyes,
Am I still there?
Open eyes is truth,
Closed eyes is false.
Is my eyes truth,
Or is the world's eyes false?

#false #truth #question #world #pondering

old willow May 2020

His Question

Beneath a willow tree,
Death ask Life,
“Why is it that they avoid me?”
To that, Life smiled and whispered to his ear.
“Because you are the painful truth.”

#drunk #question #death #life #truth