Life traces no straight line

Ill fate I call, luck lingering on chance, 
Others may call it law of seeds and sprouts, 
And yet others, destiny's dappled dance, 
A thing when duly happens what use doubts? 
And karma clings to catch up with the life 
To dish out platefuls of pickled fortune, 
Or life of frustration, of sour fruits rife, 
Dark rainy clouds or sunshine of mid June. 
Life has to learn to live with Providence, 
Which, like a river flows as is meant to— 
To meet ocean— how making little sense, 
For, destiny leaves blueprint nor a clue. 
    Life traces no straight line in curvy space, 
    Rejoice still, no atom seems out of place. 
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Sonnet | 05.11.2011 | destiny, life, luck, philosophy

Note: If something happens, how and why are matters of philosophical debate. But something happens, we see it, where are the doubts? Remember, even chaos has at its core some method in madness. One has to live in a curvy-linear world of no straight lines.
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