This or that?

We will always wonder what is there

Behind this tree or question where

Light goes when we’re not looking

Or smoke goes when we are cooking

Shadows always fill our lives

Leaving us to question why

Water trickles off a cliff

Or what side a coin show when we flip

Is this the cave we evolved from

What is the next thing we need done

What will we learn if we dig this tone up

Or will we spent our lives in doubt

Poets talk about paths they tread

And look to others with sad regrets

I wonder just how far I can go

Before someone stops me and tells me no

I walk through woods and look for bears

And realize most people don’t want them there

I walk at night through pools of light

Seeking answer to what it right

I see the moss that grows on trees

And know that none will grow on me

I delve into caves from which I cam

Knowing that here I someday remain

Daring darkness to extinguish me

And make it so I can no longer see.