Knowledge

"why?" they ask

why why why

the most common question

a request for explanation

the need to know

"why?" they ask

why why why

the meaning

the understanding

the need to know

"why?" they ask

why why why

they surround themselves in an enclosed fort

made of blankets and pillows and questions

the need to know, to explain the world

"why?" they ask

why why why

but they know

they already know

the need to explain the world around them

"why?" they ask

why why why

do you want us to live

without understanding why?

why are we alive?

why are you choosing that?

why is this what you want?

why are the why's you ask the attack, a plea

when the why's I ask are only a defense, a plea?

the knowledge is all we seek,

without the knowledge, we are not alive

to defend, to expect, to be free,

is all we seek the knowledge?

if i was stranded on a desert island,

all i would ask was why

why would be all i need to know, 

the why's of everything

why i was put there

why can't i get back

why i feel trapped

because we're never really trapped

not until we give up

and if we gave up

aren't we just saying "i don't know why"?

ask me what i can't survive without?

"why?" they say

why why why

would anyone

be able

to survive

without knowledge?