Louisville Process Theology Network

When the Answer is the Question

To the Soul

Is anyone there

if so

are you real

either way

are you one or several

if the latter

are you all at once

or do you

take turns at not answering

is your answer

the question itself

surviving the asking

without end

whose question is it

how does it begin

where does it come from

how did it ever

find out about you

over the sound

of itself

with nothing but its own

ignorance to go by

W.S. Merwin