Private
Far away from voices
and traffic and daily work
below even the earth
my grandfather sat in his basement room,
with one shawl and one chair and one candel and one book
and one mind
to pray.
Never did he speak his private thoughts in any other forum
but that solitary place.
They were too important.
Questions are meant to share.
Answers are private.
They shape the individual
and define the
self
far away from voices
and traffic and daily work
below even the earth.
Because it is so important.