To you the reader
Join me in my reflections
I can't be the only one who used to wonder
I would look and see touch and feel
but I had to ask is this real?
Yes I was 5 years old but do you think you've out grown these childish contemplations?
Because you are now in college you figured the question need not be asked
you enter the workforce and no one cares to know
so to you it seems impractical
your pragmatic lifestyle sets aside no time for the 5 year old me
but how bout it
entertain me
though to you it may be a simple play thing
what if? Just what if it is all a dream can you explain to 5 year old me so impractical a thing?
Yes of course you can
you take a breath and you sit back you read what I write and you laugh
“this is absurd” you think yourself “perhaps this paper would have been better left on the shelf”
a waste of time
you could have been banging another girl
making some more money
sitting back and watch the game
listening to music or going to the movies
but instead here you are if you have made it this far
and why? Why have you chosen to read on?
Have you never wonder the answers to this song?
why so much consistency in life in nature
why don't the clouds fall with the rain
why does the rain fall at all
is rain reality or imaginary
behind a smile and a chuckle
you don't like the words I place on your mind
put the paper down
burn it throw it away
you can hide behind a smile
a life style of glittering prizes
a day dream of something better
in your lovers mansion in your movie star car
behind the door of a shack
the reflection of technology
your computer screen
your cell phone or the T.V
you can jump through the hoops of the corporate ladder
you can flip burgers severe burgers or eat them
you can paint cars
fly air planes
get your PHD and teach at Harvard
you may be a full time student
a part time stripper
you could be the best crack dealer or the worst hotel manager
you may have never read a book
perhaps you've read most all
you could be an engineer
a landscaper
a cake baker
a clothes designer
a truck driver
a construction worker
a framer
a carpenter
a plumber
a foremen
an electrician
a fruit picker
an insurance consultant
a medical doctor
a lawyer
a taxi driver
a stay at home mom
a computer designer
a movie director
an actor
an actress
a behind the sense extra
a singer
a dancer
a musician
an athlete
a family man
a single man
a good man
a bad man
a sad man
a mad man
or a glad man
So I know to you this question means nothing
but for 5 year old me could you answer it please?