Why?

Why ask why? Some have sung

But, I have always wondered how things

Got done

Why is the sky so blue?

Why is the Moon so bright?

How come the stars only shine at night?

What is this Love Thing all about?

and

Why does it leave us, all so uptight?

Why do people want to stop living?

When it stops

Why can't they be happy?

For all that they, do got

I want to know; where does, that guy; get off

Who said;

"Ti's, better to have loved and lost

Than to have never love at all"

This Guy; has flipped, his lid!

A thought by Sinbad the Sailor Man

— Sinbadthesailorman, Jan 19, 2008

About This Poem

About the Author

Region, Country: U.S. A. Indiana, Valparaiso, USA

Favorite Poets: Robert Frost, Walt Whitman, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Carl Sandburg these I have read some And so Many More. I have no Favorite or any that I dislike. Whom I consider to be poets; of course there are many Dark and hateful souls, who would cry out and to I will lend an ear, but some. They just leave a awful taste in my heart that I can not bear to read twice. Let alone as many times I would do normally; as I must.

Critiques

poewriter58

18 years 4 months ago

Shakespearre

Guess that is how he felt at the time "Why does it leave us all uptight" this sentence just throws everything off perhaps it is just the word uptight suggestion find another way of say this "when it stops" is just sitting there unsupported when what stops life?or did you just not complete a thought there I think I know what it is you are trying to say and it is almost there , give the poem a little more thought and you'll find the words you need Chrys

Sinbadthesailorman

17 years 10 months ago

This is now in print and copy righted by The International

Library of Poetry aka Poetry.com The others are as follow "Grandfather" the first version 2006 "Fire Drake" 2007 "It Seems to Me" 2007 "Black Bear Cub" 2007 "Stay" 2007 and now "Why" 2008 I really don't get what they are getting from these writes is it the ryhme factor they like what makes these more to their liking then Say "White shifting Sand" or "An Injured Soilder" Can you Enlighten me on This Anyone Donnie/Sinbad they have offer awards and discounts to their Magizine and sociity and say they are published world wide they have a hell of a site fill with all kinds of info but they always are trying to sell me somthing Iam being bigited by not purchuseing they books and paying for my awards do this possess any credibillity in the poetry world or is this a scam Donnie

Sinbadthesailorman

17 years 10 months ago

Am I scewing myself out of a chance of being

Picked up by a paying editor by letting them publish my works I know they are making money here why arn't the poets they are puplishing here seem very suspicious to me but would not mind if the world is seeing these mixed feelings Donnie/Sinbad

themoonman

17 years 10 months ago

Donnie...

Poetry.com is what is called a vanity press publisher.. they tell you what you want to hear and then try to sell you the books they have put your poems in... a lot of us here have gone through that.. some legit publishers say what you submit to them can't have been published anywhere yet...so in that light you can't use the poems you've already submitted to poetry.com... Ronda and Chrys know more about the publishing industry... when you get time you could ask one of them more questions... sorry.. Richard