Life's Questions

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Why?
Why does my stomach feel 
Like it is down at my feet?
My hands are shaking 
And I cannot tell whether
This feeling in my chest is 
Pain
Fear
Anger
Sadness.
Why?

Who?
Who has the right to make
The decision to allow another person
To live or die?
Who has that right
To change someone else's fate?
You? 
Me?
Them?
They?
Who?

What?
What makes them so different
That people have the need
To prove that they are superior?
What makes them so special?
What gives them that power?
Money?
Fame?
Sex?
Race?
What?

Where?
Where did the basic human decency 
Go to make people so cruel?
The planet is fighting itself
And the inhabitants are starting wars.
Where did the Protectors go?
Here?
There?
Somewhere?
Nowhere?
Where?

When?
When will all this bickering end?
It's about time that we all start seeing the 
Bigger picture because we are going 
Nowhere anytime soon.
Is anyone looking into the future?
Days?
Weeks?
Months?
Years?
When?

How?
How can we change the fate 
Of this dying world when the
People don't even see that 
It is in extreme danger?
We have to do something and fast!
Unity!
Unanimously!
Jointly!
Together!
That is how!




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