The Answer to Everything

The Answer to Everything

I used to think

    I had the answer

    to everything…

 

Or I could find 

    the answer

    If I didn’t give up.

 

If I set goals,

  worked harder

  sacrificed—

  wore myself out.

 

Now, I know better.

   Life humbles you

   as it always humbles

   the young and untried.

 

I've heard folks say

   love is the answer

   to every problem—

   and I agree.

 

But how does one love

   bullies and liars,

   diseases that devastate,

   loved ones who leave you?

 

Does love banish misery,

    make pain more bearable,

    explain the unexplainable?

 

My heart says yes.

 

My tears say no.

 

Between the two

   I swing in the wind—

   smiling, weeping

   dancing life’s dance…

   

If the answer to everything

   is to just keep dancing

   I am your woman...

   

dancing 'til the music ends.