TO BE

To be or not to be
The question was asked
To think or not to think
And understand the past
To taste or not to taste
The desires which we savor
To sense, to smell, to excite our favour

To dream or not to dream
Or is the die cast
To see or not to see
What we've unmasked
To speak or not to speak
About what we've done
To touch to feel, to love someone

Will the pain of life
Be all we remember
When our light dims
Like a fading ember
Or will all our joys
And what we could bring
Live on, in the lives, of our offspring
BOEMS by JA 559