The encounter surely is what really matters

By Stanley Collymore

 

Is there such a thing as fate; or do we just subconsciously

or even consciously give unwarranted credence to

this strange phenomenon we label with that

name because inexplicably we haven’t

a logical explanation for what

has actually taken place?

 

Well whatever the truth of the matter is our quite

fortuitous meeting with each other although

clearly unplanned was uncannily, given

the circumstances of its occurrence,

much more I think than just

an extraordinary

coincidence.

 

And whether or not you’re firmly of the

view that fate is actually extant or else

like numerous other people who’re

agnostically unconvinced about

there being an orchestrated

divine hand behind it

simply because it

doesn’t really

exist, what’s crucially significant

I believe, in spite of all that, was

our unintentional encounter

and its inherently likely

consequences.

 

For surely those of themselves are ultimately

what genuinely matters, and what’s more

are principally the overriding key to

whatever relationship that

might subsequently

develop between

you and me.

 

© Stanley V. Collymore

19 August 2013.