Thursday, November 18, 2021

The Fates Allow, Some Will Say (for Helga)

 


Some exercise, some eat healthy foods,


others pray or sing their way through. There


are those who look straight ahead before open-


ing doors or left then right before crossing the


street. There are no guarantees, my friends.



Your are still here because the Fates allowed


you passage through to your present place in


time. Surely, caution and advanced planning,


certain choices at the right moment may


have added days or years to your misery or


prosperity, but there are the many whose


good fortune ran out as they stepped off


the fateful curb into the speedy inevitability


of an early demise.



Face it, should you take another breath,


and see another season of leaves changing


before your eyes, I submit to you, from my


own perspective—praise be to a higher


power, guardian angels or plain old good


fortune, some of us are damn lucky to


see the light of another day alive.



                        -30-


Chris Hanch 11-18-2021

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