Destiny And Luck

Time sat with her antinomic daughters two :
Destiny the elder,  tall, fastidious and hard ;
And Luck, the merry, playful conjuring guard
Who averts the pre-ordained, out of the blue


The old lady crocheting together events odd ,
Twisting her head ,opened up the dispute :
'Why need you meddle with and transmute
'All that ensues along Fate's heavy, firm plod                                               


 Considering the plight  on the marked path  ,     
"Mom " , said the other with a wry smile
" I let my picks find the vicissitudes wile
"That favour the brave who bear Life's wrath".


Thus went the dialectic , neither did concede ;  
Striking an attitude, blurted the  one serious ,
That every act has its effect due and various ;
The other  winked and shrugged, to plead  :
                                                                 
Hope induces vigour in crisis and breakdown    
 As morbid  defeat glides like an avalanche  ,
And committed strife finds enlivening chance 
If death is certain , survival is winner's crown .
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