life is a series
of questions and quests
events and memories
the betters and bests

who will discover
and who will become
an artist, a lover
a brother, or chum

seeking and searching
and wondering why
striving and reaching
and learning to fly

why must we struggle
and strive on this quest?
we trample, we juggle
to be better than best

simple is second
and less is a bore
becoming fecund
still striving for more

along the quest
more questions arise
we dream of rest
and try to theorize

the meaning of life
the striving and seeking