The Right Questions

We sure do like getting caught up in the details,

The specifics are allowed to outweigh intent,

And we can make a crime of anything getting so bent,

Out of shape, out of mind, off message and off the rails,

Step back for a minute and look at the bigger picture,

Know that why is where you should look for the impact,

That the abstract means more than the cold hard fact,

If you do you will see in new light what you take as scripture,

The message isn’t in the definition but in the expression,

Literal thought leads to literal action,

Leaving the snapshot of humanity with an unflattering caption,

Leave some flex in your thinking or face continued regression,

I am no one to preach but we all have something to teach,

So I call class into emergency session,

So I can give you the most important lesson,

That life has taught and I have failed to impeach,

It isn't how you love who you love,

But that you love and why you love,

Though my words may find wider and varied applications,

I simply hope you start asking the right questions,