A man went in search of facts, <br />the aim of which was simply that, <br />he would understand in time, <br />what all this is and who am I. <br />He looked in binded books of gold, <br />some of which were very old, <br />he left no stone unturned, <br />as he searched and looked and yearned. <br />He asked most learned men, <br />and the holy brethren, <br />he read the latest finds, <br />of the best scientific minds, <br />he bought an expensive microscope <br />which only magnified his hope. <br />No, he did not find, <br />an answer of any kind. <br />He travelled far and wide, <br />first to Rome and then to Greece, <br />but still he found no peace. <br />He went east to India <br />and bathed in sacred Ganges river, <br />he tried going outback, <br />and met with Australia's <br />ancient tribes, <br />but the truth did not arrive. <br />But undeterred he went on, <br />and everywhere he went <br />he asked all that he met, <br />do you know the Truth, <br />of who I am and what is this <br />universe, in which we all exist? <br />Many gave him answers <br />but none that he could see <br />were with any certainty. <br />Finally near the end of life, <br />his long and persevering wife, <br />said come home for tea, <br />there is no point, you'll never see! <br />He went back to where he'd left <br />before he set off on his quest <br />and as he sipped <br />he gently slipped into bliss <br />and saw, what he had missed.<br /><br />David Taylor<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/the-answer-to-the-meaning-of-the-universe-and-everything/
