Forever Or Always

Is anything real?

Which is longer
Forever or always...
Can forever ever be measured
In terms of years or days

Doesn’t everything have
A beginning and end
Doesn’t everything have
A how, where and when

Or is there no reason
No place and no time
Or is there always a season
And always reason and rhyme

Does light have substance
And darkness none
Is the universe eternal
And is it the only one

Are there really angels
Do they laugh and cry
Do they have the same emotions
As do you and I

Is sanity a thing...
Does a soul have essence
Can one measure sorrow
Can the heart feel one’s presence

Can jealousy
gnaw at one’s soul
While pride can override
All self control

Is fog a sentient thing
And cold more than just a sensation
Do thoughts take wing…do Angels sing
These questions madness,…or fixation

Why do I even ponder
Does it do any good to pray
who cares that I ever wonder
It’s not up to me to say

I think that ‘forever’
Is a thing of the heart
And ‘always’ no more solid
Than Sun’s rays

And that Questions like these
Will eternally puzzle and tease
Those who wonder
Which is longer…
…forever or always?…

Author's Note

I think it's a bit besotted the way it teeters and totters

Reviews

[Marie]

I don't know the answers to any of these questions...maybe "forever" is what we can feel and "always" is what we think we can do...

[jacob erin-cilberto]

but it teeters and totters with wonderful rhythm...yes, i think forever is something to do with the heart...always, well it is just always...like even with time things will just exist, always be there...but love is in the heart and that can be forever....i like how you ask all the questions here...and who what or when will answer them, and in what time.i remember what sean connery said in finding forrester...."there are no reasons, reasons why some of us live and some of us don't"
maybe all the answers are waiting for us in the next life.

really like this piece, David.