I WONDER WHY

by Harriet Savitz

I wonder why there is much
That I can see and I can touch
I catch a raindrop in my hand
I know it came down from the sky.
It disappears... I wonder why

I sit upon the seashore sand,
Where I am sitting it is land
My toes are dipping in the sea,
And yet the sea won't come to me
There seems to be a magic line,
I can't see it, it is so fine
And yet the ocean seems to know
I can't come farther than my toe

Another thing I do not know,
Is where the ends of rainbows go
I always see the middle part
Why can't I be there at the start
To see it roll across the sky.
I wonder why... I wonder why...