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WHY, LORD WHY?

Sitting alone again
under a midnight sky.
Stars surround
and illuminate my mind.
Can I judge another,
without asking the question why?
Are all of his bridges burning,
have her rivers run dry?
A thought for conjecture
to capture within my heart.
Maybe I have assumed
far too much.
Can I rely alone upon
my own mind.
Or should I try to take
upon me his heart.
And bless him with
a penitent smile.
It’s not always as we
suppose it to be.
Our minds warped and twisted
in the green mile?
Take there a moment
to delve into the divine
Surely we'll find
the proof that we need.
To forget and forgive
Til the day that we die!

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Region, Country: South Ogden, Utah, USA

Favorite Poets: Jon Anderson, Jon Ondrasik, Donald Fagen, Sting, Eric Bloom , and all of the poets at neo.

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Seren

Seren

2 years 4 months ago

Dear Aesthetic Night

I want to say firstly every time I see you name it makes me think of my nightsky, I am slightly obsessed with the night I write about it quite often, my name Seren means star.

Your poem is magnificent the self-reflection, the putting yourself into another heart space and thoughts is just amazing, the only thing I would do is remove the double spacing then it would be perfection Imo!

Bravo!!!

Kind Regards Seren

Leslie

Leslie

2 years 4 months ago

WHY LORD, WHY?

GRATEFUL FOR YOUR KIND REMARKS! BEAUTIFUL NAMES OFTEN BELONG TO BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE.

Leslie

Leslie

2 years 4 months ago

WHY LORD, WHY?

GRATEFUL FOR YOUR KIND REMARKS! BEAUTIFUL NAMES OFTEN BELONG TO BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE.

Seren

Seren

2 years 4 months ago

Double spacing can be effect

Double spacing can be effective in the right circumstance but when you're reading a poem especially when one-line flows into the next I find it off-putting to have to read down in that pause it takes something away from it Imo.

Everyone is different though and that's the joy of Neopoet we are allowed to be ourselves no matter where we come from and who we are.

Seren x