Once, I thought

Once I thought I had all the answers,

But never did the questions form,

Now these questions haunt in me

For the answers are no longer found

Once I thought I had each them all

All the answers I thought I had them all

But now I know, I don’t have all the answers how I once thought,

And as for the questions, they too have been lost

Once I had all the answers,

But never did I have the questions,

The questions to sort out this ball of dust,

A place for each the answer to fall

Once I thought I had the answers

Each and every single one,

But now I know I don’t have the answers,

Not even the easiest of,

I have the answers; they’re here with me,

The answers are there, but just out of reach,

My fingers stretch out to grasp,

But they slip and fall and fade too fast

Once I thought I had all the answers

But now I know differently

         Now I know I’m but a man

         As insignificant as I’d ever feared to be

If only I had all the answers

If only I had the answers to

All the questions I now keep

All the questions haunting deep