Villanelle: the Dilemma of the Non-Violent - 56
Villanelle: The Dilemma of the Non-Violent – 56
To what extent can there be room for free will
If what governs is the Principle Yang-Yin
Since the future can largely be told at will
Since the Yi Jing permits karma to fulfil
Good works compensate pitfalls one stumbles in
To what extent can there be room for free will
For the Principle to work there must be Evil
In living things with will embedded in the gene
Since the future can largely be told at will
At what stage can karma begin the peril
Quadrupeds sans will or when bipeds sin
To what extent can there be room for free will
Does karmic balance-sheet deduct influence ill
Parents environs victims of upbringing
Since the future can largely be told at will
None can be guilty as the mythic Devil
The game’s over what pardon when neither win
To what extent can there be room for free will
Since the future can largely be told at will
© T. Wignesan – Paris, 2015
Copyright © T Wignesan | Year Posted 2015
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