Grace Of God Or Fate

Kind of a 'What if' bit of prose

An old man staggering and begging

Outside the doors of Walmart…

There but for the grace of God go I

Perhaps most look askance

Not even giving a second glance…

There but for the vagaries of Fate go I

Does the miscreant chuckle to himself

At the naïve charity of strangers

Or does there reside a tear in his eye

His hands tremble…His eyes dart about

Is his sad condition real

Or just a well performed lie

Life’s not always fair

We all bear some sting

Of outrageous misfortune

But some do seem to bear more

Than their fair share

A seemingly outsized portion

So how is it that they’re overweight

How can they afford to smoke

How can that be… if in truth they’re truly broke

Perhaps their lives are 

Not all that meets the eye

I can only surmise (and sympathize)

And wonder whether 

It’s by luck, or fate 

That but for the grace of god

…Go I…

Author's Note

yes I ignore punctuation intentionally and my word program likes to capitalize each line. (so I humor it!)

Reviews

[Shimmerbliss/CAF]

This involves questions that any of us that takes time to notice has asked. No one wants to be fooled, but I tend to go by what I feel...sometimes, I trust, sometimes not. Could it be a bit of body language, or a look...I don't know. If our hearts tell us to give then we receive the blessing of opening our hearts no matter what the case may be. Most of the time I have gotten genuine and humble appreciation and I too feel as you say, "That but for the grace of god
…Go I…"