In the Scheme of Things

Moments of a Lifetime reprise


Serendipity:
something more than imagined,
less than expected.
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something more than expected,
less than imagined.


The unexpected
and the unexplained await
us at their pleasure.


The coin spins on edge.
Whichever way it might fall
dictates tomorrow.


What is Destiny?
Is it Fate or something our
Wishes willed to be?


Our thoughts direct us
along our life's chosen path,
but emotions guide us.


To be the clone of
unquestioned ancestral views
is a voided life.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2024

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