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A Lack Recognized May Lead to Why
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A Lack Recognized May Lead to Why
By Jane Tawel
October 19, 2021
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A lack of contentment often leads us,
when really, it should follow.
It takes us out of acceptance and peace,
and into pursuits most hollow.
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With no sense of acquiring completion,
We look not inwards but out,
to therapy, religion, addiction,
or buying or trading in love’s parody.
Without Presence and cohesion
We are lured by the sirens of repletion.
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We wake, immediately dissatisfied,
and search within books or tasks,
and we think we are looking for answers,
but all we’re left with are questions we ask, ask, ask.
It’s the Why, and the Why, and the Why that we lack.
It’s “The Reason” we keep looking for.
It’s the focus on what we once had once before,
It’s the looking beyond for a new exit door,
