The Answer Won’t Explain It

-The Answer Won’t Explain It-
by Keaton Foster


Question
Redemption
Via
Rendition
I’m not mistaken
Just placating
To myself
And every other
Slight variation
Human is this being
Wild are such dreams
Upon the edge
I further stand
Closer to the sky
Ever opening wide
I reach out for God
He himself
Not quite found
There in the hubris
Of human kind
He does indeed hide
He won’t come to bear
He won’t come to stand
Never to be near
He’ll remain
An image delayed
A prophet escaped
I must accept his place
Or lack thereof
He confesses meaning
And requires us
His children so blind
To find our own reason
He won’t show us the way
Even if the path is laid
Even if we stand with fate
He will show us nothing
But he will explain to us
A sorted version of everything
It is us that must find the answer
To the question
We are continually asking
Why are we here
Legitimate
Fair
Logically squared
An ideal preponderance
To be printed on t-shirts
That none of us would wear
Chic
The answer will not be
It could not be a secret
Because it could not be kept
Contained
Corralled in anyway
It would be out there
Like water
Like air
Like clarity ensnared
Both for the masses
And the individual wreckage
Of the entire human condition
Thus again
Question
Redemption
Via
Rendition
I’m not mistaken
Just placating
To myself
And every other
Slight variation
Hear this
Understand
Let it kick around
In your brain
In your heart
The answer won’t explain it
Nor was it ever meant to
Fate and faith
Justification
Must indeed wait
When we are deceased
Released
We will know
But we will tell no one
Why would we want to…


The Answer Won’t Explain It
Written by Keaton Foster Copyright © 2015.