Because of doubt
I put every experience
to the test---
against the beliefs
I hold most dear.  Nothing
is absolute and thinking
is subjective and normative

I question the day
and its happenings
with the night I dispute
its secrets I seek to unlock
even if something were not
fully explained I've somehow
scored a point
even the tiniest
as I would have put
my foot a step forward--

life is but a bundle of lacunae
sadly so many accept
as truth what's but
inane hearsay
and empty speculation--

because of doubt
myself I humble
knowing I'm just
an ordinary man
seeking himself
to understand

the portal of truth
would be too far
for me to reach

its light but shimmers
as I look from afar
I doubt if it would ever
look my way.