Destiny Is Not An Excuse
Quick sands cave in depths of primal darkness
In marshy mud reeds slither waiting to aggress
Hope of escape from the whirlpool disappears
Risk paves the life’s pathway for fate to ingress.
If in miscalculation the insecure footsteps falter
The sands and the reeds won’t wait much longer
Animated they’d extend virile hands to capture
If walking on the troubled life the travelers tire.
The survival struggle would begin in fatal earnest
In a journey where life wobbles in constant unrest
The residual energy would strive and persevere
To exist till the time comes to take the final rest.
Destiny isn’t an excuse for one’s walk in the dark
Lighting the pathway is the inner lamp’s work
In glitter of wisdom the destination is seen clear
On a journey of contentment life would embark.
Written : December 7, 2017
May 30, 2020
Contest : Brian's Choice 11
Sponsor : Brian Strand
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