Child: Mom, why does it rain?

Mother: Because that's just how it is.

Child: Mom,

Mother: Yes child.

Child: Why is the snow white?

Mother: Because that's just how it is.

Child: Why is the ocean blue?

Mother: Because that's just how it is.

Child: Mom,

Mother: Yes dear,

Child: If everything is just the way it is, then...
...why do people hate each other?

Mother: ...I... Son, I really don't know

Katherine Robbins

http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/child-to-mother/