Rule of Chance

 

Oh the years have paved the way

Across my leathered, weary hide

And wracked their worst, un-countenanced,

Before a mind that can’t abide…

 

Intolerance of racial plague

Or sanctimonious pedants, vague.

 

Serenely I have watched it play

Across the tapestry of time,

Watched the rise and fall of man

From point of view of one sublime

Who sits in sun, who sits in shade

Untouched by all the great charade…

 

Of those who claw a comrade’s face

To gain esteem in power’s grace.

 

With toothless maw I masticate

The softness of this pure white grain

Untrammelled by the lure of sin,

Untroubled by the drag of strain….

 

 See troubled waters pass me by

From torrent flow to pebble dry.

 

Through clouded eyes I see it all

The strong, the weak, the proud, the vain,

And those who seek eternity

But seldom pause to sense refrain…

 

From softly spoken words of love

Where teardrops fall to pools of blood.

 

Verily I say to you

Take heed my friend or feel the pain,

From one who knows the way of things,

From one who sorts the chaff from grain…

 

Take heed or suffer loss from chance

For chance controls this merry dance.

 

Across the years I’ve sat in sun

Breathed the dust and watch it run

Amok… as sane men have their way,

To rule and wreck another day….

 

They die alone in cold remorse

Whilst most ignore without recourse.

 

Marshalg

On the bank of the river Ganges

21 July 2012

Reviews

[Marshal Gebbie]

My darlin wife says,,,,, More like "Billy Connolly Philosphy...AND SHE MAY BE RIGHT!

[Marie]

Eastern philosopy has deeply influenced you hasn't it?