Question and Answer: A Poet’s Prompt

Poetic Asides has an interesting prompt for us today. Write an answer poem. Take whatever question has been posed to you recently and answer it in a poem.

Okay, I can do that. I was asked something just this morning by a lovely neighbor who dropped by to make sure I was doing well and to see if there was anything she could do for me.  The gesture was all the more blessed when one realizes that this lady is battling cancer and losing the battle.

When I saw the prompt, my mind flew to that one question and took me into thoughts I’d not opened up for a while; at least, not seriously. The following poem is my immediate response. If I gave myself more time, I’d probably come away with a different answer, but circumstances brought out this instead.

Do You Need Anything?

An innocent question

From one wanting to help;

An answer buried deep

Within passages of mind,

Inside rooms built of heart’s

Desires and wishes unfulfilled.

Do I need anything?

I need regular inspiration,

Requiring only inner vision.

I need time to stand still,

Allowing me to explore all.

I need adequate will power

To accomplish all my plans.

All else requires the help

Of those with resolutions

To grant me a world without

Strife, where humankind lives

In peace, without want for needs

Fulfilled that serenity can satisfy.

© Claudette J. Young 2012

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