Fortune Teller

A poem about the scepticism that arises within me from newspaper horoscopes.

Take a peek into my life
Go on, it's right there
Open the doors, read into my brain
Frontal lobes--easy access.

Apparently I'll be spending money this week
Apparently I'm a miser
I need to learn to open up to loved ones
I need to do my own thing

Mercury is my mentor
Mercury is always there
With every new week, month, day
Mercury arrives as if for the first time

I am unique
Like everyone else
But this does not mean humanity is holistic
We are clumped into groups of twelve

Creative. Thinker.
Sportswoman.
I have never seriously done sport in my life,
But you could say I'm a dancer.

You say I am one
And so must be only one
But I was placed in the edge of the bracket
And so, the other, also applies.

Emotional. Sensitive.
Sometimes a watery mess.

Tell me, fortune tellers
Which one of you is correct?
I sit here with newspapers strewn everywhere
Waiting for the truth

I am single, yet married
I am black, yet white
A mother, and yet a man
How many more contradictions can we make?

Let us get more ludicrous
I am a sister, yet a brother
A twin, a triplet, a sextuplet
I am an only child

Mystic Meg
My dead leg
Spore from an unknown plant
You say one thing, he says another

I think I'll choose my own destiny from now on.

Author's Note

This poem was written in 15 minutes, during a workshop for my Creative Writing class.

Reviews

[Akshat♥]

Just 15 minutes..impressive!!
I personally don't believe in fortune telling..
I just love the ending of this piece..
Whatever you try out fortune telling,terra cards,hand seeing,etc
At the end you have to do everything own your own..
you are the one who has to face life in every bit of it...
struggling,caring,having patience so much of it..
I liked this piece of yours..Keep writing!! :)

[Amber "Victoriomantic" Hart]

Thank you, I'm glad you liked it :D I don't like fortune telling either as rule, you always get general answers that could mean anything, or just contradicting rubbish!

[Akshat♥]

I totally agree...I hope u have a 'Legen' wait for it...'dary' day a ahead,lol

[Art Sun]

Nice work...there are always two opposites we only need to realize which they are...

nice work...

[Larry Dyson]

like the flow of this...."You say I am one
And so must be only one
But I was placed in the edge of the bracket
And so, the other, also applies."

[LeeLee Ryder]

FT touches on the fact that we really do choose how life will ultimately effect us. Good humorous look at horoscopic misadventures... I definitely relate to the mixed messages that horoscopes give us... I really like 8,10.& 11 verses.. The beginning & end nails the certainty & ambiguity of life.
Bravo Vic.
LLR

[Aradie Rain]

I love this, breaking free from your "predetermined" destiny and finding your own one. It is funny how you can look at all the horoscopes online, in the paper, from a fortune teller and either they are all identical or completly different. Great write
~Aradie

[Tommy]

I like this one. The truth in the words of so many who curiously look at their horoscope each time they get a chance. Most knowing that an ordinary man or woman has cleverly thought up the insight to a singular groups life. But I agree with Coyote, the true answers to each of our lives is, "I think I'll choose my own destiny from now on." Great work, I like the flow of this piece, it runs like the minds reading their horoscopes; hoping to finding glory, but in the end coming to the best advice of all. By choosing to be the maker of your own fortunes.
RLG,
Tommy

[Coyote Poetry]

Ending was the answer. We set our own destiny. I like the twist and turn of the poem. A excellent poem.
Coyote