Child: Mom, why does it rain? <br /> <br />Mother: Because that's just how it is. <br /> <br />Child: Mom, <br /> <br />Mother: Yes child. <br /> <br />Child: Why is the snow white? <br /> <br />Mother: Because that's just how it is. <br /> <br />Child: Why is the ocean blue? <br /> <br />Mother: Because that's just how it is. <br /> <br />Child: Mom, <br /> <br />Mother: Yes dear, <br /> <br />Child: If everything is just the way it is, then... <br /> ...why do people hate each other? <br /> <br />Mother: ...I... Son, I really don't know<br /><br />Katherine Robbins<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/child-to-mother/
