What do you love?
What do you live by?
What is your purpose?
He asked these questions
in a novel.
They were spoken by a wise man
to everyone.
He walked the streets.
He drove the highways.
He ate the food.
He drank the water.
He loved many women.
He was wronged.
He committed wrongs.
He celebrated victories.
He tasted failure.
He read books.
He listened to music.
He attended Church,
on occasion.
He took photographs of birds and animals
as if it would keep them alive a while longer.
He spoke words
to people who couldn’t understand.
He thought about life
and living
and never figured it out.
On his deathbed,
he was still asking questions…
What do you love?
What do you live by?
What is your purpose?
