Questions For My Creator Poem by Chima Ononogbu

Questions For My Creator



I've been meaning to ask you these questions, my creator,
which I've harbored in my mind
ever since my entrance into this mortal enclave,
but over the years, toiling for days on end
under the hyperactive sun,
the questions one by one left my mind;
then I forgot them, but never lost hope of their return,
I knew they would, someday, somehow, in some electric form.

So today, just today, as the young pine and gentle rumbling wind tangled up in romance near where my head thinkingly laid
a certain airy fingers stroked me to a quietness,
then my eyes went dreary, and thereafter cowered under their lids
for fear of defiling the purity still left of them,
but then, the knock came, clacking knock,
like adolescent keys shoving against each other for a romance with a virgin lock.

For a moment the door yapped, and cracked open
and there on my mind's door stood these runaway questions
fresh as the day they flapped away as insolent birds,
one by one they flew in and billeted.

Here they are:
Was I already living before I live?
If I was already living, why didn't you ask if I wanted to live another living?
What was it you thought before you thought I should live this living?
Why didn't you consult me,
seek my consent,
before shipping me down to this living? -
This dangling basin under a mortal fire.
Oh, I remember I couldn't talk then; but you never asked if I really could talk!

Is this right, being sent away against my will?
What will be my compensation if I contest it?
How will I be recompensed for the damages I've incurred as a result of this living?
Please tell me, when will I return to the abode from which I came?
The earlier the answers the better I can think of living this living.

Wednesday, September 25, 2019
Topic(s) of this poem: poetic expression
COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Michael Walker 15 October 2019

Why not ask God these questions? You were born into this world without your consent, and had to make the best of it. An intriguing question is whether or not you lived a previous life, and were reincarnated. Many people believe in reincarnation.

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Chima Ononogbu 15 October 2019

Well, I don't believe in reincarnation but, I don't disagree with those who believe in it. However, your suggestions are truly relevant and draw deep thoughts.

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Edward Kofi Louis 28 September 2019

Questions to the Creator Almighty! ! ! Waiting for answers. Thanks for sharing this poem with us.

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Me Poet Yeps Poet 25 September 2019

creator answers only in SILENCE when one meets in heaven he speaks and you can't hear you have no ears and so you are silent Sad we don't realise it READ my latest one on heaven is here whee is don't ask me I am happy here only it's heaven for me

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Chima Ononogbu 26 September 2019

Thanks for you opinion. I sure will check it out.

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