Were We

Were We

were we born to ride the storm

this chaotic thing called life

without any preparedness

of how to do that

were we put here to learn

only to cope and endure

all that comes at us

testing our "self"

were we supposed to know

the how or the when

the time to stay, or

the time to go

perhaps we were meant

to do something else

to comfort the sick

to help the needy

were we meant to be selfish

or perhaps to be selfless

endeavoring to help

our fellow man

these are questions

that I ponder on