THE PRODIGY CHILD QUESTIONED

     The child so innocent
with book in hand
asked me these words
she did not understand

     What is authenticity
Corporeality
Tangibility
reality?

     The cold hard truth, I said
the straight emotionless facts
the person and things behind the mask
the natural self with out an act

     What is an act?
a masquerade, a performance, a show
How can you decipher acts from reality
How can you know...

     What is to know?
To comprehend, fathom, to be keen
To know is to know
is to know what I mean!

     What is mean?
Paltry, Unscrupulous, immoral to an extreme degree
unethical, corrupt
something you should try not to be

     What is to be?
to arise, to endure, to exist, to imply
It's something you do and do and do
and do until you die!

     Lastly what is to die?
to subside, to perish from humanity
to pass away, to expire
it's a new beginning as well as an end, it's reality

     The young child so inquisitive
has many more things to say
her curiosity brought us closer
till the end of the day