T Wignesan Poet Villanelle

Villanelle: the Dilemma of the Non-Violent - 56

Villanelle: The Dilemma of the Non-Violent – 56

To what extent can there be room for free will
If what governs is the Principle Yang-Yin
Since the future can largely be told at will

Since the Yi Jing permits karma to fulfil
Good works compensate pitfalls one stumbles in
To what extent can there be room for free will

For the Principle to work there must be Evil
In living things with will embedded in the gene
Since the future can largely be told at will

At what stage can karma begin the peril
Quadrupeds sans will or when bipeds sin
To what extent can there be room for free will

Does karmic balance-sheet deduct influence ill
Parents environs victims of upbringing
Since the future can largely be told at will

None can be guilty as the mythic Devil
The game’s over what pardon when neither win
To what extent can there be room for free will
Since the future can largely be told at will

© T. Wignesan – Paris,  2015

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John Fleming December 26, 2015 at 1:03 PM Perhaps the Meretrix could provide you with a few answers, T? All the best for the New Year! :) john T Wignesan December 26, 2015 at 3:59 PM Thank you very much for your New Year wishes. Reciprocated here with all the warmth I can muster. As for the comment and the invitation, I didn't know my villanelle begged for answers. I'm certain you have heard of the literary use of rhetorical questions? With every good wish. Wignesan