Elisabeth Sheaffer Poet Rhyme

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How much of your life is your own free choice or is your path laid out for you to follow? 

Free Will or Predestination?

Coincidence

Coincidence

				Is life as random as it seems,
				Each day brand new with no restraint,
				A gift of freedom and of choice
				Without restrictions' gloomy taint?

				Or this .. I've known that man before
				Though when I really can't explain.
				Is this a chance coincidence
				That's passing through my life again?

				Or was all this once prearranged,
				Are we predestined every day
				To do things where we have no choice,
				To live but never have a say?

				Perhaps life is a colouring book
				With dot-to-dot and boundary lines.
				We draw in details all the time,
				New pages showing our designs.

				Coincidence is more or less
				An act of fate, and if that's so
				It's no surprise it lies in wait,
				Appearing everywhere we go.

				So which is real .. unplanned events
				Or life laid out by other means?
				We are here while time moves on,
				Daily colouring in the scenes.

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CayCay Godwin February 9, 2017 at 7:18 PM I FEEL, our lessons are predetermined, but day to day, we free fall. But those lessons will find us and sometimes I'm sure it's meant to be thru specific people. Also, we miss a lot when we're stifled by fear. Didn't mean to go on! I love this, would love to talk to you for hours about this topic and the poem itself was impressive, clear, wrapped up and delivered with poetic impact. Nicely and memorably done! Blessings, CayCay Elisabeth Sheaffer February 10, 2017 at 10:55 AM Thanks for the comment, CayCay. I like your points of view and it is good that we can learn things from others, hopefully things which make life a little easier.

Daniel Turner February 7, 2017 at 12:21 PM Great question, Only the dead knows the answer. I'd like to think we make our own destiny. Great write, Elizabeth Elisabeth Sheaffer February 8, 2017 at 11:19 AM Thanks for your kind comment, Daniel. It would be nice to make our own destiny but the state of the world says we might just make an even bigger mess every day.

Phil Capitano February 7, 2017 at 11:44 AM Excellent question Elisabeth. I feel connections to all things and so can see coincidence is a disguise for fate; I believe in the adage 'when you are meant to learn something, a teacher will appear'. Elisabeth Sheaffer February 8, 2017 at 11:23 AM Thanks, Phil. There definitely seem to be connections but perhaps we need the help of others to achieve something really valuable. Maybe we'll find out one day how it works.