Monday, April 3, 2017

The Meaning of Life



Haricots verts
Photo Credit: Jonas Tana Flickr via Compfight cc

The Meaning of Life


Wouldn’t you like to know why you are here, I asked him?
What the meaning of life is?
Wouldn’t you like to do something truly great
instead of just sitting here
trimming the green beans.
I was 16 at the time.
The meaning of life, he said
Is in these beans.
I will trim them,
we will eat them.
That’s what I am here for.
That’s all there is.
You’ll get it one day.
As I hold the green pods in my hand,
I understand at last.



GloPoWriMo Day 3

No comments:

Post a Comment