do you ever wonder?
I wonder what the future holds, what marvelous moments it has in store for me. Sometimes I wonder so much that I feel as if I cannot wonder anymore and if I do not live this future right now I will burst from the anticipation.
I wonder what makes people hate, what makes them love. What turns a beautiful baby into a vicious killer and what makes a son turn into a rapist. I wonder what makes people stop feeling, stop connecting. I wonder what makes me a part of the people around me.
I wonder what will happen to me tomorrow. I wonder what I will think and what I will accomplish. I wonder if I will fail and I wonder if I will get back up. I wonder if I have will have the strength of mind to brush myself off and get keep moving.
I wonder what makes people believe. I wonder what builds up hope. I wonder what gives people the ability to put together their logic and their faith to make one perfect picture of reality. I wonder if I have that strength too but I just do not see it.
I wonder how he is, how he gets on. I wonder what he looks like and how his voice sounds when he speaks. I wonder if his hair is still the same shade I remember, and if he walks the same way he used to. I wonder if he remembers me.
I wonder if people see all of me. I wonder if I present a full picture of myself. I wonder what danger I am putting myself in by writing these words. I wonder who is reading them. I wonder who you are and if by chance I know you and have seen your face.
I wonder if I will write for the rest of my life. If I will make it a part of me and a part of my destiny. I wonder if I will drop it for something else. I wonder if I will lose my passion for it. I hope that I do not.
I wonder if I will ever get to Israel. I wonder if there will be any Israel left to see. I wonder if other people believe as much as I do. I wonder if others feel the same way I feel when that word is uttered. I wonder if I will always keep this love. I hope that I do.
I wonder if every word you say needs to be important for people to think any of them are.
I wonder if mistakes and immaturity lie on your back forever, shaping who you are, and who you are to others.
I wonder if people take me seriously. I wonder if people see the longing in my heart to help people.
I wonder if my eyes show my emotions. My love and my faith, my awe and even my hate.
I wonder why people are so closed minded and why I am so stubborn sometimes.
I wonder why I can feel one thing, and think something in my mind, but then say something different.
I wonder why I feel different on the inside. Why I sometimes feel the aching need to leave and explore that was not there this strong before. I wonder why watching you drive away makes me want to come with you, just for the chance to see what lies beyond.
I wonder why emotions run wild sometimes and before you even think there are words flying out of your mouth that don't match up with the thoughts in your head.
I wonder how it is possible to miss something so much and to be comforted by something so small.
And I wonder what you wonder. So please let me know.
I wonder what makes people hate, what makes them love. What turns a beautiful baby into a vicious killer and what makes a son turn into a rapist. I wonder what makes people stop feeling, stop connecting. I wonder what makes me a part of the people around me.
I wonder what will happen to me tomorrow. I wonder what I will think and what I will accomplish. I wonder if I will fail and I wonder if I will get back up. I wonder if I have will have the strength of mind to brush myself off and get keep moving.
I wonder what makes people believe. I wonder what builds up hope. I wonder what gives people the ability to put together their logic and their faith to make one perfect picture of reality. I wonder if I have that strength too but I just do not see it.
I wonder how he is, how he gets on. I wonder what he looks like and how his voice sounds when he speaks. I wonder if his hair is still the same shade I remember, and if he walks the same way he used to. I wonder if he remembers me.
I wonder if people see all of me. I wonder if I present a full picture of myself. I wonder what danger I am putting myself in by writing these words. I wonder who is reading them. I wonder who you are and if by chance I know you and have seen your face.
I wonder if I will write for the rest of my life. If I will make it a part of me and a part of my destiny. I wonder if I will drop it for something else. I wonder if I will lose my passion for it. I hope that I do not.
I wonder if I will ever get to Israel. I wonder if there will be any Israel left to see. I wonder if other people believe as much as I do. I wonder if others feel the same way I feel when that word is uttered. I wonder if I will always keep this love. I hope that I do.
I wonder if every word you say needs to be important for people to think any of them are.
I wonder if mistakes and immaturity lie on your back forever, shaping who you are, and who you are to others.
I wonder if people take me seriously. I wonder if people see the longing in my heart to help people.
I wonder if my eyes show my emotions. My love and my faith, my awe and even my hate.
I wonder why people are so closed minded and why I am so stubborn sometimes.
I wonder why I can feel one thing, and think something in my mind, but then say something different.
I wonder why I feel different on the inside. Why I sometimes feel the aching need to leave and explore that was not there this strong before. I wonder why watching you drive away makes me want to come with you, just for the chance to see what lies beyond.
I wonder why emotions run wild sometimes and before you even think there are words flying out of your mouth that don't match up with the thoughts in your head.
I wonder how it is possible to miss something so much and to be comforted by something so small.
And I wonder what you wonder. So please let me know.

15 Comments:
At 7:00 AM,
Halfnutcase said…
thats alot of wondering!
though often times i wonder why people don't get along, and why we have to make others do things only our way.
HNC
At 8:31 AM,
Holeches Levadi said…
I wonder how some people have spent so much time with me and haven't made a dent in who I am, whereas others have dropped in for a short time and have completely changed my life.
I wonder if I am really as unique as I think I am. I wonder if I am really as good as I think I am. I wonder if I am really as evil as I think I am.
I wonder where the path of my life will lead. I wonder if I really want to wonder that, or if I'd rather be surprised.
Wondering can be wonderful.
At 9:12 AM,
ayala said…
hnc- Thank you for sharing your wonderings with me. I think we want people to do things our way so our way is not threatened.
I wonder if it will ever stop.
holeches- welcome.
Maybe the ones who changed you did so only because they were the first to present a certain idea. So probably the others changed you as well but you don't notice because it is linked back to someone else. Everyone must change each of us somehow, I guess it's just hard to see all of those small details.
I think it is very likely that you are all of those things. Unique, good, and evil sometimes. Maybe the goal is finding a balance? I don't know.
I think a suprise is better, don't you? Otherwise you will be too confident in your future and ruin it. Isn't that the moral of Macbeth?
At 12:29 PM,
Raziel said…
I wonder if I'll ever understand how I wondered in the first place.
But to second your emotive I wonder more about you.
At 8:28 PM,
Lady-Light said…
Ayala,
You have really summed up the human condition...these are all questions we ask ourselves (or should) at various times in our lives.
With me, it's a test of my emunah, as my younger son tells me...instead of wondering, I worry. I worry about the future; I worry about the future of Israel and the Jewish people. I worry about my own future, how will I support myself in my old age? I have more confidence in my children, than I do in myself.
BTW, I wanted to thank you again for your kind words on my father's (a"h) poem...I am so glad you were able to read and understand it.
At 4:59 PM,
dietgarage said…
wondering definitely keeps your mind alive.
i wonder what i have yet to see and touch and taste and feel.
i wonder what it feels like to be safe.
i wonder what the difference between lust and love is, and if i can tell.
i wonder how many of my fears ill be able to overcome.
i wonder if the Aretz is as amazing as everyone says.
i wonder how much courage i really have.
i wonder if partying is what i want for my life.
i wonder if i want to put effort into further education.
i wonder if i can make new friends.. and keep the old ones.
At 9:13 AM,
Lakewood Venter said…
This is a "wonder"ful blog!
At 5:01 PM,
ayala said…
raziel- what do you want to know? I am not promising any answers but it never hurts to try.
lady light- don't worry so much. HaShem will watch over Israel, and whatever He wants to be will be, and whatever He wants is right. As for your old age, I think that your confidence in your children should answer that. They will be there for you as will friends and other family members.
Your fathers poem was beautiful. You were lucky to be raised by a person that can write something like that. I am sure you have passed that on to your children, which should give you even more confidence in them. Don't worry, everything will be as it should be.
dg- if you ever find out the answers to any of those let me know. I'm still looking.
venter- thanks. it's always nice to have fans!
At 8:07 PM,
David_on_the_Lake said…
I rarely...think about the future...
I have both feet, mind and soul firmly planted in the present.
At 8:23 PM,
ayala said…
And where, my dear, have you placed your heart?
At 9:12 PM,
Josh said…
Ayala - The answers are out there. You can ask others with the same questions (like DG, who by the way, sounds like your long lost twin) or by speaking to those that have been there. But as much guidance as you get from others, the only true answers will come from focusing on what you truthfully believe is the goal, and from deciding what it takes to get there. The rest you'll have to learn along the way.
At 11:28 PM,
dietgarage said…
Ahhhh
Josh figured out that we're twins!
and i thought i was so sneaky....
At 6:34 AM,
socialworker/frustrated mom said…
We all feel like this at some point. Some feel it more than others. Hope you feel hope at times too.
At 6:11 PM,
David_on_the_Lake said…
My heart...?..It's all over the place
sigh
At 6:44 PM,
ayala said…
josh- Patience is hard to come by these days. But I am trying. Why is dg long lost? She has been found and appreciated long ago.
dg- oh well. now they know.
frustrated- Thank G-d I have many things that remind me to hope even if I would forget. The majority is hope, the rest is this. And some of it overlaps I suppose.
david- I have found that that is the best place for it to be.
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