Ask

Ask why to be a child,
Ask what to be an adult.
Ask why to be confused,
Ask what for clarity.
Ask why to be passive
Ask what to be active.
Ask why to mourn,
Ask what to build.
Ask why to know the past,
Ask what to build the future.
Ask why to be weak,
Ask what to be strong.
Ask where, when, how.
Ask when to be courageous,
Ask where to be specific,
Ask how to be concrete.

Ask why,
To die.
Ask when
To conquer time,
Before death.
Ask what
Is to be done,
To be,
Immortal.
Let me die,
With what,
On my lips.