Destiny enroute
Questioned me one day,
“Whither go thou shalt’
‘Or beg thou, thy stay?”
The choice was quite clear
I replied with thought,
“If there, I’m still here
‘In the now I’m caught,”
“Thou hast answered well
‘For to make way hence,
‘Is but here, you tell
‘And presently, thence,”
“Courting destiny
‘Is in the moment,
‘For what is to be
‘Yields from the present,”
I asked, “Win or lose
‘Is destiny bought?”
“Thou shalt merely choose
‘Hearken to thy thought,”
“I, Destiny reign
‘Whithosoever
‘Cast in boon or bane
‘God and man concur,”
“How would we agree?”
“For but mere regret,
‘Thy pain is but glee
‘Ev’ry star doth set,”
“Ev’n noble planet
‘Sha’nt augur thy fate,
‘Gyring occident
‘Marks only the date.”
© 1999 TARickey
