Random Luck Generator

Luck is a numbers game
Tossing the dice for fortune and fame
For love and to heal
For a hand to hold and to feel

Luck is not prejudice
Criminals get by as an emphasis
Good souls get the shaft
As their hearts get split in half

Luck thrusts itself to some
Yet others wait their whole lives for none
Some say luck is just to live
Yet I bet most of those have more than they can give

Luck starts out from day one
Did you come out ok, or more damaged than some
Do you have a healthy family
Or do they hurt you from young, bruises in and out, like me

Luck may abandon you when you need it most
After getting use to it being on coast
And you ask yourself what went wrong
When you felt you had gotten, what you needed for so long

Luck seems more likely than karma
Random laws broken, destroying dharma
Life isn't fair we are always told
Therefore I'll put my belief in karma on hold

Reviews

[Marianne Rose]

Sometimes it does seem like the random toss of the dice places us in a family, in a marriage, in a place, where you look out and see that fortune smiled on others, but not you. I have those days that seem profoundly unlucky, being at the wrong place at the wrong time, trusting the wrong person. And there are days that I feel so comfortable in being lucky that I get complacent and careless with blessings that could be swept away from me in a moment's notice. I understand the perception of randomness- why was someone late for work one day, and they escaped a massacre? And why were all the others on time? It does seem random, particularly in matters of the heart. But somewhere inside, I still hold on to "everything has meaning and purpose". Even if it seems so chaotic there is no order or meaning. Very thought-provoking write, filled with emotion and a kind of head shaking "how can this be? . . ." Thank you.

[Teddybearlee]

It was an attempt to step away from my "norm" of writing about "her", but as always, that was the main impact, but even before her, I always had friends or aquaintances that were..not very good people, and yet, always seemed to get what they wanted, and always seemed happier than I am even though they weren't what I would deem "good" of nature and heart...it's always made me question karma, and how people supposedly get what they deserve.

[Marianne Rose]

I'm not a big believer in karma the way it's usually interpreted. I think of it more like every choice we make can have a positive or negative (or maybe neutral?) impact, subtlety often, on the people around us, and the course of our lives. Life seems unfair, but that's part of the mystery of how it all works. You never really know whether people are happy inside because they have good fortune. I think if you end up liking and forgiving yourself for foolish choices or mistakes, then everything that happens to you has been a blessing, helping to make you who you are. I guess I'm less concerned about whether people who continually act in damaging ways will reap what they sow. I'm more concerned with if I'm sowing good seeds in good soil, which will bring something good eventually, or am I sowing seeds in hard soil where nothing can grow? But I also honor that everyone have an opportunity to express what it feels like to be unlucky, or feel betrayed by life's hardships. You express this feeling of confusion and hurt well.