Joseph P. DiMino Poet Free verse

I Should Have Seen It Coming

I should have seen it coming – 
but more often the obvious
is yet only viewed through a cloak
of personal affections and
ignorance – 

I should have seen it coming

but the heart is a clown
a camp of favorite characters
the real covered-over beneath
enticing glitter of circus-tents and 
performance dreams

I should have seen it coming
but light and dark are only
the messengers of vision
love and hate
from the dugout of far deeper passions

And what if one did see it coming?
Is not blindness the free-will choice
of a spirit-soul, God having sent us to earth
oblivious His methods and reasons
giving us literature and faith
in their stead...

Should we think and reason better
than our Maker? Nay!~ Love, needs
no vision, outside itself – 

Its own omnipotence and divine
dissolution....

(Feb, 2 – For the I Shoulda Seen It Comin' Poetry Contest of John Lawless)

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Speaks Volumes February 4, 2023 at 2:51 AM With a crystal ball to see the outcome before made the choice, I some how dont think it would assist with a perfect life. The way it happens is the way it was meant to be, he has a reason for everything, even if we are blind to it at the time. An intuitive writing Joe, constructed perfectly. Joseph P. DiMino February 4, 2023 at 6:35 AM The perfection of being perfectly imperfect -- His plan. Thank you, my friend. A very wise and thoughtful response.

Valsa George February 3, 2023 at 8:29 PM A beautiful poem. We often exclaim after something unfortunate happens... "We should have seen it coming". But it is futile to make such a lamentation. God has a plan and everything will work according to his scheme. We are just instruments in His hands ! Your poem is profound and thought provoking, dear Joe Joseph P. DiMino February 4, 2023 at 6:37 AM For sure, trust in destiny, and that nothing is entirely random outside our understanding. Mortals respond to cause and effect...and divine when through faith to finally rise above and celebrate spiritual/soulful freedom.

Kim Rodrigues February 3, 2023 at 4:32 PM A great read! Joseph P. DiMino February 4, 2023 at 6:37 AM Thank you, Kim; blessings my friend.

Victor Buhagiar February 3, 2023 at 10:06 AM Many are misguided with free will. The reality is that we can only choose between good and other good. Evil is not a choice. Joseph P. DiMino February 3, 2023 at 10:09 AM Absolutely! When truly free, Good is always the choice.