The Unanswerable Question Poem by Jeremiah Wimbrough

A simple gift.


Many things can be meant from it.
Love, friendship, kindness and caring.
All of these can com from such a simple thing.


A rose is such a gift.
But this can be used for many things.
A birthday, an anniversary, a holiday, a funeral...


How can a simple thing be so sad?
This is a question that cannot be answered.
For the ones that can answer are already in our memories,
waiting for the day that we will join them..


We live and learn,
trying to make the best of our lives as possible.
A simple gift to me only means one thing to me,
that the world isnt as great as we thought.


It ends all the same.

It ends with death.