Ask Not

If I stand by and watch something happen,
if I let the fruit go bad for the sake of seeing marks,
am I a bystander,
or simply a voyeur,
or worse yet,
one in the same?

If I make demands of you,
and I tell you that you have to do something my way,
does that make my blue eyes vacant,
predictable,
and fulfilling the selflessness native to being selfish?

If I lie here and mull over all my futile inquiries,
am I doing anything other than lying,
to you,
to myself?

If I ask you these questions in any other way,
does that make them any more than questions?

And have I not questioned you enough?

That's the question,
I suppose---