a sense of guilt at the growing apathy in society


Why did I?

Long before the war began
I saw the sign that the end of man
Was near. Nearer than before.
I turned to God and asked him why
He looked at me and then he sighed
Now think, what you've done to me

Then he turned and ran, to my surprise,
He disappeared into the night,
Well he took flight,
Faster than the speed of light;
He was gone
And there was none that I could turn to
From the fire of the sun,
I had burned my world.

Why did I? Why did I?
Why did I? Did I?
Why did I? Why did I?
Why did I? Did I?
Why did I?

When I rolled around on Eden's soil,
I was just a microbe living free.
But that was all before.
Who'd have thought that I would be
A woman alive in tomorrow's history;
With my role to play.

But I turned and ran, to my surprise,
I disappeared into the night,
Well I took flight.
Faster than the speed of light;
I was gone,
With not a moment to hold on to
In my race around the sun,
I had lost my hold.

Why did I? Why did I?
Why did I? Did I?
Why did I? Why did I?
Why did I? Did I?
Why did I?

I used to think that I would be
Younger than the world would ever be.
Like never before.
Like some folks believe they will stay
Frozen forever in some slice of time,
Like never again.

But time turned tail through all my tears
And I had aged a thousand years,
While the world was young.
I was older than
The darkest night
When a river flowed serenely
Without running into weirs,
I had drained the earth.

Why did I? Why did I?
Why did I? Did I?
Why did I? Why did I?
Why did I? Did I?
Why did I?




Poetry by sajani ganapathy murugan
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Written on 2008-10-01 at 20:24

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