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Ode to Curiosity

December 17, 2014
By Tanner Mansfield BRONZE, Jonesboro, Arkansas
Tanner Mansfield BRONZE, Jonesboro, Arkansas
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I love questions
I love answers
I love to leave questions unanswered
There’s wandering
There’s seeking
There’s wandering what to seek after
The world has facts
The world has fiction
The world has a blurred line
The world is mapped
The space is too far
The only place for me to delve is my mind

Who are they?
Who am I?
Who is as conscious as me?
Are we all?
Are we one?
Are we trapped in my own reality?
Why do we love?
Why do we hate?
Why is there anything to feel?
Is there reason?
Is there a story?
Is God even real?

Questions aren’t bad.
Questions aren’t rude.
Questions are quite beautiful.
The mind is small
The mind is expansive
The mind can be far from reasonable.
You have to ask.
You have to wonder.
You have to move forward.
“What is ahead?”
“What is it for”
What are we moving toward?


The author's comments:

The piece is about asking questions and having curiosity about the world. A lot of the questions can't be answered, and that's okay. The point isn't to get answers, but to put you on a thought process that opens up in complex ways.


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