Who are you? What do you want here? Can’t you contact me? Wouldn’t that be easier? Do you mean me harm? Do you intend on hurting me? Can I help you somehow? Can I talk to you? Can I phone you? Can I turn up unannounced? Can I wait around on your doorstep? Can I re-assure you? Can I make you feel better? Can I give you some advice? Can I ask you questions? Can you answer questions? Can you dial my number? Can you type my email address? Did something happen to your fingers? Did they fall off? Did you lose your voice? Did you have all of your vital organs removed?
Can you say a few words? Can you write it down? Can you explain why you’re searching? Can you articulate why you’re looking? Can anything I say make it go away? Or do you want me to stay? Do you want me to be there? Where? Do you want to meet me? Do you want to have a conversation? Are there things you didn’t say? Are there things you want to clarify? Are you dwelling? Are you thinking about what happened? Are you happy? Are you sad? Are you content? Are you busy? Are you healthy? Are you lonely? Are you yearning? Are you learning? Are you angry? Do you still feel the pain? Do you miss the drama? Do you miss the smells? Do you still hear the sounds? Do you feel the force?
Is it empty? Is it dark? Did the lights go out? Did they flicker and come back on? Is it all new? Is it getting old? Are you bored? Are you stifled? Are you productive? Are you delirious with joy? Are you overwhelmed with happiness? Do you use your skills every day? Do you feel pleased with yourself? Are you achieving? Are you working? Is it working? Do you feel happy to wake up in the morning? Do you laugh? Do you cry? Do you feel emotions? Are you captivated? Are you imprisoned? Are you bewitched every day? Are you bemoaned? Do you struggle to get your breath? Do you ever exhale? Is your chest full of air? Are you missing something there? Is your heart on fire? Did your passion expire?
Do you watch the sun come up? Do you watch it go down? Do you notice the full moon? Do you see it waxing? Do you see it waning? Do you feel lost at sea? Do you feel like an island? Are you ebbing or flowing? Are you coming or going? Do you feel love? Do you feel dizzy? Do you feel ecstatic? Do you love being sarcastic? Do you moan with pleasure? Do you moan under the weather? Do you dance ever? Do you wash the car? Do you drive it very far? Do you go to the tip? Ever take a trip? Do you watch football matches? Do you care about the score? Do you have the urge to coach? Do you sink into a hot bath? Do you have the energy? Do you shower every morning? Do you sing? Do you drive too fast? Do you prefer the slow road? Do you admire the scenery? Do you savour your drinks?
Do you question your decisions? Do you think you’re a good person? Do you want more from life? Do you want less from life? Are you living in the moment? Are you living in the past? Do you listen to music? Do you feel the song sing through you? Do memories drown you? Does the light fade them? Is time a great healer? Is it better to have loved and lost? Are you waiting for the present? Did you find the truth? Or did it find you? What makes you cold? What makes you hot? Do you work out? Did you work it out? Do you work in? Do you fit in? Do you dream? Do you sleep? Do you lie awake at night? Do you hear the birds singing? Do you notice the flowers? Is it late at night? Is it too early? Is it drifting away? Or is it a moment too soon?
Do you wonder? Do you wander? What’s your wish? What’s your fate? What’s your life span? What’s your death mask? What’s your funeral song? Are you holding dear? Are you pushing near? Have you made any friends? Have you fallen out with everyone? Have you fallen short of everything? What’s the closest thing? What’s the furthest you’ve been? Was it a bridge too far? What’s inside your head? Would you rather be dead? Are you feeling alive? Are you being true to yourself? Are you where you want to be?
Was it right? Was it wrong? Did it last too long? Did it fade too fast? Will you regret it to the last? Will you rue the day? Will you ever say? Will you stay for the remains of the day? Was it a pleasure? Was it a pain? Was it something to treasure? Or was it a dance in the rain?
What happened to the weather? It will probably never be the same…
The End.
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