They used to say:
Don’t talk to strangers

And I used to wonder

Why are we so afraid
Of the unfamiliar?

They used to say:
Don’t be shy

And I used to wonder

In silence
What you really meant
With what you just said

They used to say:
Speak up

And I used to wonder

Having the loudest voice
Does not mean
You know when to say
The right thing at the right time

They used to say:
Never say never

And I used to wonder

Why must we live
Without boundaries?

They used to say:
Try try again

And I used to wonder

Why we are willing
To fail so much
To take a chance
To have so much hope
To pass through a needlepin

They used to say:
Love is blind

And I used to wonder

How can you love
Something you do not know?

They used to say:
If you love something
Let it go
And it will come back to you

And I used to wonder

If I love something
I will give my whole being
To feel its presence within me

They used to say:
Life is short
Be happy

And I used to wonder

Why happy moments pass us by
Like a feather from the sky

They used to say:
It will all come to pass

And I still wonder

Why must everything
Be a fleeting moment
When we can take in the
Stillness
Of the beauty
Of the resilience
Of the calm
That exists in us