One summer day I came screaming in this world.
Was I protesting leaving the warm womb?
Or is it an unjust and arbitrary deal for a soul?
Answer for such inquiry; is it a foolish expectation?
II
Questioning God? Blasphemy: some would say.
A call for a fatwa; cut his throat, must stop questioner.
Burn him on the stake, spoke an angry man with collar.
They did for less than this at Autos-da-fe (*), in Spain.
III
One doesn't do well asking why one is pushed here.
It's a human birth: a journey to experience a life.
A sapient, spiritual, or go off wandering; make a choice.
Come and go, or work the Nirvana, a Guru advises nearby.
IV
Why do you cry for arriving; see the rejoicing others?
A celebration on each anniversary sure, you'll have.
Celebration of approaching the end- an absurdity it is.
Eightieth birthday; the question remains unanswered.